Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Adelaide PWH2f 2/27 Bn

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. PWH2a, PWH2b and so forth.

 

Listing

 

Ref No.

 

Title

 

AdelaideMG2a

 

1

 

South Australian Prisoners of War

 

AdelaideMG2b

 

2

 

2/1,2/2,2/3,2/4 Pioneer Battalions

 

AdelaideMG2c

 

3

 

2/43^rd Infantry Battalion

 

AdelaideMG2d

 

4

 

2/48^th Infantry Battalion

 

AdelaideMG2e

 

5

 

Royal Australian Artillery

 

AdelaideMG2f

 

6

 

2/27^th Infantry Battalion

 

AdelaideMG2g

 

7

 

27^th Infantry Battalion

 

AdelaideMG2h

 

8

 

2/3^rd Machine Gun Battalion

 

AdelaideMG2i

 

9

 

Medical Services Memorial

 

AdelaideMG2j

 

10

 

7^th Australian Division

 

AdelaideMG2k

 

11

 

Reserve Forces of South Australia

 

AdelaideMG2l

 

12

 

British Commonwealth Occupation Forces

 

AdelaideMG2m

 

13

 

10^th Infantry Battalion

 

AdelaideMG2n

 

14

 

Arctic Convoy Veterans

 

AdelaideMG2o

 

15

 

SAS

 

AdelaideMG2p

 

16

 

National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Assoc.

 

AdelaideMG2q

 

17

 

Darwin Defenders

 

AdelaideMG2r

 

18

 

Rats of Tobruk

 

AdelaideMG2s

 

19

 

Normandy Landings

 

AdelaideMG2t

 

20

 

9^th Battalion RAR

 

AdelaideMG2u

 

21

 

Dutch Servicemen and Women

 

AdelaideMG2v

 

22

 

RAAF Ubon, Thailand

 

AdelaideMG2w

 

23

 

AAOC/RAAOC

 

INSCRIPTIONS:

 

PATHWAY OF HONOUR

 

6.

 

Coloured shoulder patch                        Insignia of the AIF                  Coloured shoulder patch

 

2/27^TH INFANTRY BATTALION

 

IN MEMORY OF ALL WHO SERVED IN THE UNIT

 

1940-1945

 

BALIKPAPAN

 

LEST WE FORGET

 

SPONSORED BY COMMONWEALTH DEPT VETERANS' AFFAIRS

MAINTAINED BY: Adelaide City Council

 

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

 

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