War Memorial Walpeup Silos — Julian Clavijo & Camilo Delgado
Julian Clavijo and Camilo Delgado · GrainCorp silos, Walpeup, Victoria, Australia · 2023
Photo: Street Art Utopia media archive (photographer not identified), used in Horses Worth Stopping For (12 Photos).
Julian Clavijo and Camilo Delgado painted Harold Thomas Bell in his First World War uniform next to a horse, with a galah flying overhead, on the GrainCorp silos in Walpeup in 2023. GrainCorp reported the painting under way on 17 May 2023, and SBS reports that Bell was just 16 when he died, the day after the Battle of Beersheba. Source Source Source Reported
Seen Feb 2025: Street Art Cities logged the silos as hunted on 3 February 2025. That is a listing date, not a claimed camera date. Source Reported
💡 4 things to know
- An underage recruitSBS reports that Bell used his mother’s maiden name, Wickham, to join up, and Caravan Correspondent says he enlisted as Harold Thomas Wickham and gave his age as 21. Street Art Cities says instead that he used a cousin’s surname. Source Source Source Conflicting
- Sixteen years oldSBS reports that Bell was just 16 when he died, the day after the Battle of Beersheba. Source Reported
- A month on the silosSBS reports that the painting took a month. Source Reported
- A soldier, a horse and a galahCaravan Correspondent describes Bell standing in his WW1 uniform next to a horse, with a galah flying overhead. Source Reported
📍 Where it is
On the GrainCorp silos on Cregan Street in Walpeup, in Victoria’s Mallee. Street Art Cities gives the address as 26 Cregan St. Source Reported
The map opens the point given by Street Art Cities for the silos. Street art changes; check locally before travelling.
🗓️ Sightings
- 202317 May
GrainCorp reports painting under way · publication date
- 202324 Jun
Opening reported by SBS (a 2026 blog gives January 2024) · reported event
- 20237 Jul
SBS report on the silos and Bell’s story · publication date
- 20239 Nov
Caravan Correspondent visits the finished silos · publication date
- 20253 Feb
Silos logged on Street Art Cities · listing date
Amber stamps are dated publications or reported events. They are not claimed camera dates.
🗞️ In the sources
GrainCorp Silo Art Trail Expands to Walpeup
Reports that painting at Walpeup was officially under way and that Bell enlisted at just 16.
Silos become canvas for mural commemorating fallen ANZAC from tiny town
Names both artists, Bell’s age, the Wickham name, a month of painting and the 24 June opening.
Lest We Forget – Walpeup Silo Art
Describes the soldier, the horse and the galah, and says the silos were painted in June 2023.
✅ The facts
- Subject
- Harold Thomas Bell, a First World War Light Horse soldier, with a horse and a galah Source Source Checked
- Painted
- May–June 2023: under way by 17 May (GrainCorp); painted in June 2023 (Caravan Correspondent) Source Source Reported
- Opened
- 24 June 2023 according to SBS; the Ramblin’ Oz travel blog (2026) says January 2024 Source Source Conflicting
- Title
- War Memorial Walpeup Silos, as listed on Street Art Cities; no other title confirmed Source Unconfirmed
🔗 Related
All sources & image credits
- GrainCorp: GrainCorp Silo Art Trail Expands to Walpeup, 17 May 2023
- SBS: Silos become canvas for mural commemorating fallen ANZAC from tiny town
- Caravan Correspondent: Lest We Forget – Walpeup Silo Art
- Street Art Cities: War Memorial Walpeup Silos
- Ramblin’ Oz: Walpeup’s Painted Tribute: Honouring Harold Thomas Bell (25 Feb 2026)
- Hero photo: Street Art Utopia media archive; photographer not identified; used in the linked source post.
- Share image: exact hero photo fitted to a 1600×900 canvas with blurred side fill; the artwork itself was not altered.
Last checked: 5 November 2026. How we verify art