In Memory Of JOHN PRICE ESQR. (THE FOURTH SON OF THE LATE SIR ROSE PRICE - BART OF TRANGWAINTON CORNWALL ENGLAND) WHO DIED ON THE 27TH. MARCH 1857 FROM THE EFFECTS OF INJURIES INFLICTED ON HIM BY A GANG OF CONVICTS AT WILLIAMSTOWN ON THE 26TH. MARCH 1857 WHILE IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY AS INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS AGED 48 YEARS ALSO MARY HIS WIDOW DAUGHTER OF MAJOR FRANKLIN 1ST CAVALRY WHO DIED 2ND. OCTOBER 1894 AGED 80 YEARS ALSO EMILY MARY DAUGHTER OF ABOVE BORN 5TH. OCTOBER 1844 DIED 27TH JUNE 1922 THIS MONUMENT WAS CREATED BY THE OFFICERS & WARDERS OF PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN VICTORIA AS A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF ONE WHO NEITHER SWERVED FROM PATH NOR FAILED TO RESPOND TO THE CALL OF FRIENDSHIP ALSO HIS SON COLONEL TOM PRICE C. B. FOUNDER OF THE VICTORIAN MOUNTED RIFLES REGIMENT BORN 21ST. OCTOBER 1842 DIED 3RD. JULY 1911 ALSO EMMELINE SHADFORTH PRICE WIDOW OF THE ABOVE BORN 30TH. JANUARY 1865 DIED 25TH. OCTOBER 1927 IN MEMORY OF VIVIAN FRANKLIN LYON ROSE PRICE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER R. N. LATE R. I. M. SON OF COLONEL TOM PRICE C. B. HE DIED AT ALEXANDRIA, 5TH NOVEMBER 1915 OF ILLNESS CONTRACTED WHILE SERVING ON ANZAC BEACH AGED 34 YEARS
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