Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

 Burra M

BURRA 5417

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: Market Square

ORIENTATION: North West


DESCRIPTION: A 12 metre high monument comprising a 2.4 metre, 500-kilogram, bronze statue of a soldier in the "On Guard" stance, surmounted on the top of a capped column and a square pedestal that has protruding square corners with bronze wreath embellishments affixed. This in turn is mounted a three-tier sur-base and concrete slab. Bronze plaques are affixed to each face of the pedestal. The monument is enclosed within a low concrete fenced area

INSCRIPTIONS:
Face:

Australian Commonwealth Forces Insignia
Laurel Leaves

Left:

E . KELLY. F . KELLY. R . KEMBLE.
P. D. KILLICOT. F . J . KILMARTIN.
C . A . KUCHENMEISTER. A . S . LEE.
E . R . LACEY. A . H . LACKMAN.
E . LAWLER. A . H . LEIGHTON.
N . H . McBRIDE. D . C . McDONALD.
H . H . McWATERS. W . C . MEYER.
J . F . W. MULLER. H . MUNT.
C . NEEDHAM. O . C . NEIMANN.
K . H . NOYES. H . OCKENDEN.
J . ORAM. W . S . PEARCE.
B . W . PEARSE. W . PEDERSON.
A . J . PRIOR. E . A . RIGGS. E . M . ROACH.
F . J . ROGERS. E . T . J . RULE.
M . R . SANDLAND. F . L . SCHUYLER.
G . W . SEIGART. J . R . SOMMERVILLE.
H . SKINNER. S . C . R . STASINOWSKY.
L . C . STEPHENS. G . W . W . THOMSON.
H . R . TOLHURST. C . P . TIVER.
F . H . TIVER. F . G . TRALAGGAN.
W . C . D . TREGONNING. P . C . TRELOAR.
H . TREVILYAN. H . H . TURNER.
L . J . TURNER. G . A . WILLIAMS
A. T. WINDERS. R. J. WOOLLACOTT

Back: Top plaque:

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD

Lower plaque:

1939-1945

Right:

W . E . ARNOLD. P . C . BURROWS.
H . J . BASS. W . BELL. C . BISHOP.
W . G . BRUHN. C . S . BURTON.
J . CAMP. J . F . CANNY. L . H . CAREY.
B . E . COLLINS. W . G . COLLINS.
C . COX. J . CRUICKSHANK.
H . E . DAVEY. A . L . DAVIDSON.
E . DAWES. A . DEW. J . DOLAN.
T . A . DEARLOVE. T . W . DIXON.
J . DUELL. O . R . DULDIG.
A . E . EGAN. L . R . FERGUSSON.
W . G . FINCH. F . G . FITZGERALD.
R . J . C . FLOWER. A . W . GALLAGHER.
J . L . GILBERT. A . C . GILLETT.
F . F . GILBERT. E . O . GREEN.
H . T . GREEN. L . GRIFFITHS.
W .R . HAMMER. H . HARRIS.
G. HILL. S . HILL. J . HONAN.
W . R . HAWKES. H . HOOLE.
F . C . HOWELLS. C . M . HUMPHRYS.
F . INGLIS. K . INGLIS.
C .H . JAMES. A . JEFFERY.
T . L . JESSER. R . JOHNSON.
W . F . JONES. W . C . JOSEPHS.

WHEN BUILT/ERECTED: 1922. Cost: approximately £3,500

BY WHOM: A.S.Tillet, West Terrace, Adelaide

MAINTAINED BY: District Council of Goyder.

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE:
1. Ribbon on the wreath of the South corner is broken off.

2. The East face is the front face yet the soldier is facing north.
3. The use of an ampersand on the main plaque to save space, yet the word "and" is spelt out lower down.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: Stephen Kerrigan, CEO, Regional Council of Goyder, Dec 01