Who decided which names would go on a particular memorial?
As stated above, the erection of war memorials after World War I was nearly always a community effort. The way in which names were gathered differed from place to place as did the criteria for inclusion. Using Braidwood NSW as an example, soldiers who were born in Braidwood, enlisted there or whose parents resided there at the outbreak of war were eligible to have their names added to the honour roll. Sometimes names were invited through newspaper articles or advertisements. In other cases rolls were opened at the town hall and citizens were able to write in names of relatives. There was sometimes uncertainty as to who was entitled to be included and this could lead to confusion in later years when no other records could be found in the district for a particular person named on the memorial. Omissions also caused concern on occasion and there are numerous examples of names that have been added at a later date, sometimes squeezed in. For World War II and later wars there were more compl
