Consolidated Main Reef Mines & Estates War Memorial

South African Military History Society

Photo: Derek Walker

Location
Robertville, Roodepoort, Gauteng Province, South Africa
On the south side of Main Reef Road, approximately 1.6 km west of the N1 Western Bypass
150 meters past the last factory (Scamont Engineering) and 40 meters from the Main Reef Road

GPS: 26 deg 12 min 0.17 sec S, 27 deg 56 min 26.15 sec E

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Significance
There is no indication of who owned the Memorial. It is thought to have been Consolidated Main Reef Mines and Estates.

The Memorial was abandoned when the mine closed

Photo: Derek Walker

The Memorial is inscribed on 3 faces

 
A REMEMBRANCE
TO ALL WHO SERVED
IN THE GREAT WAR

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and

 
ERECTED AS A TOKEN
OF RESPECT & ESTEEM
TO THOSE WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR

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ERECTED BY THEIR
FELLOW EMPLOYEES
5th DECEMBER 1920

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The fourth face is inscribed:

 
PRO PATRIA.
R.D. CROSS PTE 7th S.A.I.
A. McDONALD PTE 8th S.A.I
H.W. GARTON CORPL. 4th S.A.I
G.H. MEDLICOTT LIEUT. 3rd S.A.I
T. ELI PTE. 3rd S.A.I
W. SMITH DRIVER. 3rd S.A.I
S.R. ROGERS SGT. 3rd S.A.I
E.O. HARGER. LIEUT. R.E.T.C.
V. COCKCROFT PTE. 3rd S.A.I
W. MATHER PTE 3rd S.A.I
J.W. ANDREWS CADET R.A.C.
A.C. CUNNINGHAM PTE 4th S.A.I

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