Adelaide Pathway of Honour - 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion WW2 Memorial Back to Search
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| Location | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Type | memorial |
| Description | 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. |
| Built | Not yet discovered |
| Opened | 5 March 2000 by LIEUTENANT H.M.WEIR |
| Inscription | Insignia of the AIF Coloured shoulder patch 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN BATTALION FORMED ON THE 17TH JUNE 1940 AT WAYVILLE UNDER THE COMMAND OF LT. COL.A.S. BLACKBURN V.C. EMBARKED FROM WOODSIDE ON THE 8TH APRIL 1941 FOR THE MIDDLE EAST SERVED IN PALESTINE, LEBANON & SYRIA 710 OFFICERS & MEN TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR IN JAVA ON THE 8TH MARCH 1942 REMAINDER OF BATTALION REINFORCED IN AUSTRALIA UNDER THE COMMAND OF LT. COL. R.R. GORDON UNIT THEN SERVED IN NEW GUINEA, MERAUKE, AITAPE & WEWAK LEST WE FORGET KINDLY SPONSORED BY DEPT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS |
| Condition | MAINTAINED BY: Adelaide City Council PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil |
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