Memorial
Following several donations by the people of Cooma and the Monaro District, a Memorial Plaque to Corey was erected in Centennial Park, Cooma in 1979. In 1995, the plaque was moved to the Cooma Memorial and the committee involved with the relocation decided to erect a diorama based on a painting in the Australian War Memorial depicting stretcher bearers bringing in wounded soldiers under heavy shell fire at Mont St Quentin during the First World War. A local artist and sculptor, Chris Graham, was commissioned to undertake the project which was constructed from steel and concrete. It was erected in the Cooma War Memorial area on 23 April 1996.
The inscription on the memorial reads:
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2143 CORPORAL ERNEST ALBERT COREY MILITARY MEDAL AND 3 BARS 55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION 1ST A.I.F. A MEMBER OF THE MEN FROM SNOWY RIVER MARCH DELEGATE TO GOULBURN THE ONLY SOLDIER EVER TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED A MILITARY MEDAL AND 3 BARS 1891–1972 ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF MONARO 1979 |
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