Australian War Memorials.
The Shrine of Remembrance at ANZAC Square Brisbane. The money for the memorial was raised by public donations. A competition was held to choose the design, the winner was announced in 1928 and it took two years to build. The shrine was dedicated on Armistice Day (now Remembrance Day) November 11, 1930. When I last visited in November 2018, ANZAC Square was undergoing a redevelopment.
A newer memorial, the Post World War II memorial at Berri in South Australia. It was erected by the Riverland Vietnam Veterans Association and opened on October 30, 2009. It commemorates more recent conflicts including the Gulf Wars, Afghanistan and East Timor.
The Yankalilla and District War Memorial, in South Australia. The plaques on the wall in Memorial Park include one with the names of those who served in the Boer War (1899-1902) in South Africa.
The Second Valley, South Australia Soldiers Memorial Column. A simple obelisk style memorial for a small town, dedicated in September 1917 to commemorate the service personnel from the local district. Initially it was a column up on a hill, then in the early 1920s a Memorial Hall was built nearby as a gathering place for the people from the local area and it was dedicated in 1923. Finally the fence was constructed around the column to commemorate Sister Amy Corrington (late AIF) who was killed 'on an errand of mercy' on December 21st 1934. (Helpful plaque on gate!) She was the local nurse and was killed in a car accident.
An obelisk on a grander scale, the Kensington and Norwood Memorial on Osmond Terrace. It was unveiled by the South Australian Governor on the 3rd of June 1923, 10 children from the district who lost their fathers during the war laid wreathes. (Adelaide, South Australia)
Just down the road at Norwood Primary School, the memorial I found the most poignant.
According to the inscription the memorial was built by the children of school.
Sheffield, Tasmania has the traditional soldier resting on his up turned rifle. This is quite a popular image used on war memorials built during the 1920s. The foundation stone was laid in 1921 by the Tasmanian Governor and the completed memorial was unveiled on January 26th, 1923. According to the research I did on the date of the construction of the memorial, the soldier is unusual as he has a moustache, normally the statues are clean shaved. (The trivia you discover!)
Launceston, Tasmania. The Cenotaph, originally built to commemorate those who died in World War I (The Great War) plaques have been added to remember those from World War II and the Vietnam War. It was dedicated on April 25th, 1924.
The Shrine of Remembrance at ANZAC Square Brisbane. The money for the memorial was raised by public donations. A competition was held to choose the design, the winner was announced in 1928 and it took two years to build. The shrine was dedicated on Armistice Day (now Remembrance Day) November 11, 1930. When I last visited in November 2018, ANZAC Square was undergoing a redevelopment.
A newer memorial, the Post World War II memorial at Berri in South Australia. It was erected by the Riverland Vietnam Veterans Association and opened on October 30, 2009. It commemorates more recent conflicts including the Gulf Wars, Afghanistan and East Timor.
The Yankalilla and District War Memorial, in South Australia. The plaques on the wall in Memorial Park include one with the names of those who served in the Boer War (1899-1902) in South Africa.
The Second Valley, South Australia Soldiers Memorial Column. A simple obelisk style memorial for a small town, dedicated in September 1917 to commemorate the service personnel from the local district. Initially it was a column up on a hill, then in the early 1920s a Memorial Hall was built nearby as a gathering place for the people from the local area and it was dedicated in 1923. Finally the fence was constructed around the column to commemorate Sister Amy Corrington (late AIF) who was killed 'on an errand of mercy' on December 21st 1934. (Helpful plaque on gate!) She was the local nurse and was killed in a car accident.
An obelisk on a grander scale, the Kensington and Norwood Memorial on Osmond Terrace. It was unveiled by the South Australian Governor on the 3rd of June 1923, 10 children from the district who lost their fathers during the war laid wreathes. (Adelaide, South Australia)
Just down the road at Norwood Primary School, the memorial I found the most poignant.
According to the inscription the memorial was built by the children of school.
Sheffield, Tasmania has the traditional soldier resting on his up turned rifle. This is quite a popular image used on war memorials built during the 1920s. The foundation stone was laid in 1921 by the Tasmanian Governor and the completed memorial was unveiled on January 26th, 1923. According to the research I did on the date of the construction of the memorial, the soldier is unusual as he has a moustache, normally the statues are clean shaved. (The trivia you discover!)
Launceston, Tasmania. The Cenotaph, originally built to commemorate those who died in World War I (The Great War) plaques have been added to remember those from World War II and the Vietnam War. It was dedicated on April 25th, 1924.
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