This Plaque Reads:
REDICATION OF CHARLES OWEN RILEY
RSL MEMORIAL PRECINCT
THIS MEMORIAL PRECINCT IS REDEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
CHARLES OWEN RILEY, A TROOPER IN THE 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN
COMMANDO SQUADORN IN WORLD WAR TWO.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE ON 3RD SEPTEMBER 1954 ATTEMPTING TO RESCUE THREE GIRLS CAUGHT IN A HEAVY UNDERTOW AT WATERMAN’S BAY.
HIS NAME IS PERPETUATED IN THE RESERVE THAT WAS FIRST DEDICATED TO HIM BY HIS FATHER, BISHOP C.L. RILEY ON SATURDAY 23RD AUGUST 1958. THE MEMORIAL OBELISK WAS ORIGINALLY ERECTED IN MAY 1989 APPROXIMATELY 120 METERS SOUTH WEST OF THIS POINT ADJACENT TO OUR LADY OF GRACE CHURCH.
A MEMORIAL DEDICATION SERVICE WAS HELD AT THAT SITE ON THE
31ST MARCH 2000 AFTER RENOVATIONS AND THE ADDITION OF A ROSE GARDEN.
REDEDICATED BY
THE REVEREND MARIE AITKEN
ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS ANGLICAN CHURCH, NORTH BEACH AT THE CURRENT SITE ON 23RD MAY 2015
PLAQUE UNVEILED BY
COUNCILLOR GIOVANNIE ITALIANO JP
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STIRLING
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