Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Adelaide PWH2b Pnr Bn WW II

ADELAIDE 5000

MEMORIAL: Memorial Garden                                                          

LOCATION: Above the Torrens Parade Ground along the back of the Governors Domain wall from Kintore Avenue to King William Street

ORIENTATION: North

DESCRIPTION: Pathway of Honour. The pathway contains 23 monuments, 22 with bronze plaques affixed to cement or granite blocks; several have two plaques. The main plaques are set on an angled face. One monument, the SAS, is a cut and polished black granite boulder with brass plaques affixed to the face.

NB: Owing to the nature of this memorial as an ongoing project with additional monuments continually being added, it has now been modified to include all monuments as individual items and are listed under the main title as additional items with a lower case suffix eg. PWH 2a, PWH2b and so forth.

INSCRIPTIONS:

PATHWAY OF HONOUR

2b

Top plaque:

Four coloured shoulder patches

IN MEMORY OF ALL MEMBERS WHO SERVED

IN THE

2/1^st  AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION

2/2^nd AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION

2/3^rd  AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION

2/4^th  AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION

BATTLE HONOURS

MIDDLE EAST             PALESTINE     TOBRUK SYRIA                    EL ALAMEIN

JAVA             NEW GUINEAKOKODAMILNE BAY            LAE        FINCHAVEN

NADZABSHAGGY RIDGE

MOROTAI              TARAKAN              BALIKPAPAN          LABUAN             DARWIN

LEST WE FORGET

Lower Plaque:

UNVEILED BY

BRIGADIER J.G. McKINNA

C.M.G. C.B.E. D.S.O. L.V.O. ED. PATRON OF

THE AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALIONS ASSOCIATION

WW1 & WW2

31^ST MAY, 1998

DEDICATION CONDUCTED BY

REV DES SMITH RFD, ED, L.Th.

COMMITTEE

A.J. OLSON (PRESIDENT)                    G.W. SAUER (SEC/TRES)                      L. BENCE (VICE PRES)

W.T. THIELE                                          E. (TED) BLANCHARD                           R. HARRISON

MAINTAINED BY: Adelaide City Council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 23 Feb 02, updated 12 Jan 04.