Malvern Town Hall "Sermons in Stone" War Memorial

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Location Malvern Town Hall, Glenferrie Road & High Street, Malvern, Stonnington - Victoria, Australia
Type memorial
Description

"Sermons in Stone.''
"This war memorial has been given by the Malvern City Council to perpetuate the spirit of sacrifice of the men who died in the Great War and of the old people who stayed at home " said the mayor (Councillor C J Waters), when unveiling the war memorial in the foyer of the town hall yesterday afternoon. It was estimated, said Mr Walters, that 1500 men from Malvern went to the war and that 184 of them made the supreme sacrifice. The memorial was sculptured by Mr Paul Montford in white marble. It represents a soldier standing and a woman sitting with a child on her knee. The soldier and the woman are both looking down on the Book of Remembrance on which is engraved the names of the men who died in the war.

A service was held in the town hall before the unveiling ceremony. It was attended by the mayor, the leader of the Opposition in the State Parliament (Sir Stanley Argyle), the councillors of Malvern and members of the clergy of the diocese. Sir Stanley Argyle said that through the ages all great deeds, events and men had been commemorated by memorials: the one everlasting means of perpetuating those big things of life. Most memorial were not so much "sermons in stone" but historical records and he was pleased to see that the city fathers of Malvern had thought fit to place in the foyer of the town hall a work of art that would tell the future generation a story of sacrifice: a story that their children`s children would read and learn from it of the soul of the people of this country. It was a memorial of sacrifice; of the sacrifice of the men who went away and also of the sacrifice of the fathers, mothers, sisters and wives who stayed waiting at home which sacrifice had not been recognised as it should have been. ln that respect Malvern had taken the lead. Because of their devotion to duty: because of their patriotism: and because of their sacrifice, let soldiers and waiting relatives alike be given remembrance and reverence.
The Argus (Melbourne), 24 August 1931.

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Built Not yet discovered
Opened 23 August 1931 by Councillor C J Waters
Inscription

World War 1 1914 - 1918
World War 2 1939 - 1945
Malaya 1948 - 1965
Korea 1950 - 1954
Borneo 1962 - 1966
Vietnam 1962 - 1972
Afghanistan 2001 -
Gulf War 2 2003 -

Condition

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