Bexley R.S.S.I.L.A Memorial Garden

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Location Stoney Creek & St. Georges Roads, Bexley, Rockdale - New South Wales, Australia
Type memorial_planting
Description

Garden with Memorial Cairn

The Bexley Building Inspector (Mr. A. G. Baker) has designed a memorial monument to be erected by Bexley Council in the soldiers' memorial rose garden at the entrance to the new Kingsgrove Park. The monument will stand five feet high with a square base of six feet. It will be four-sided, the base sections being of ashler sand stone and the cairn of random rubble, to be surmounted by a neat bird bath, standing on four short pillars. In the centre of the main front panel will be a black vitrolitc tablet, presented by the Mayor of Bexley (Alderman J. T. Barwell). The inscription will read "R.S.S.I.L. of A., Bexley Sub-branch, this garden was dedicated by the Bexley Municipal Council in memory of deceased comrades who fought in the Great War, 1914-18. We will remember them." It will be dated May 12, 1937, Coronation Day, when the garden was dedicated. Turfing will be planted around the monument, and Flanders poppies are to be planted in flower boxes in the sandstone, together with ornamental shrubs. The memorial is being placed in the park by the council, in conjunction with the Bexley sub-branch.
Propeller (Hurstville, NSW), 18 November 1937.

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Built Mr A. G. Baker (Cairn)
Opened 12 May 1937 by J. T. F. Barwell. J.P.
Inscription

R.S.S.I.L.A.
BEXLEY SUB BRANCH

This Garden Was
Dedicated By
Bexley Municipal Council
In Memory Of
Deceased Comrades
Who Fought In The
Great War 1914 - 18
"We Will Remember Them."
J. T. F. Barwell. J.P.
Nov 11th. 1937. Mayor.

Condition

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