General News
23 April, 2023
Think about their ordeals
MURALS commemorating Inglewood district men who served in World War One were installed in Brooke Street. Artist Marilyn Cummings hopes people will stop and read the stories of the men ahead of ANZAC commemorations next Tuesday. “And then, realise...
MURALS commemorating Inglewood district men who served in World War One were installed in Brooke Street.
Artist Marilyn Cummings hopes people will stop and read the stories of the men ahead of ANZAC commemorations next Tuesday.
“And then, realise what they went through,” she said as descendants gathered outside the IGA supermarket to see the final panels installed.
Among them was Alexander Milgate, the great-great-grandson and namesake of Glenalbyn’s William Alexander Medcalf who was awarded the military medal.
Alexander was one of three generations attending the unveiling with mother Prue and grandfather Garry Addlem.
Alan Woodfield and Geoff Cumming had a special connection to the mural of Alan’s great uncle Paddy with a panel telling the story of Paddy’s funeral where Geoff’s grandfather, Gallipoli veteran Alan played the Last Post.
Marilyn’s latest murals also tell the story of the Rochester family. Mary-Jane Rochester lost three sons in World War Two and descendant Howard, this year’s Loddon Shire citizen of the year, joined the simple unveiling on Friday.
The ANZAC-theme murals replace Marilyn’s paintings of town pioneers.