New England District RSL president Gordon Taylor joins Glen Innes Mayor Carol Sparks to mark the death of Private Vincent Kelly, Lance Corporal Maurice Hoare Barlow and Private Edgar William James Woolgar

Vanessa Arundale
February 26 2021 - 1:00pm
REMEMBERING LIVES LOST: Gordon Taylor president of the New England district RSL unveils the memorial with Glen Innes Mayor Carol Sparks: Photo supplied.
REMEMBERING LIVES LOST: Gordon Taylor president of the New England district RSL unveils the memorial with Glen Innes Mayor Carol Sparks: Photo supplied.

A memorial for three soldiers who were drowned in a foolhardy training exercise in the flood swollen Beardy River on January 1, 1943 was officially unveiled on Tuesday.

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Vanessa Arundale

Vanessa Arundale

Senior Journalist Northern Tablelands and North West

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