Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Adelaide PWH2l BCOF

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.

INSCRIPTIONS:

PATHWAY OF HONOUR

2l

These plaques are on a face cut granite boulder:

Top plaque:

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES

AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT

Insignia of the RAN                                                Insignia of the AIF

Insignia of the BCOF

              Insignia of the RAAF                                                              Insignia of the Merchant Navy

VETERANS MEMORIAL

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED

IN THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN

1945-1952

WE SERVED BY EXAMPLE

TO DEMONSTRATE THE

MEANING OF DEMOCRACY

Lower plaque:

UNVEILED BY

COLONEL DONALD BEARD

AM. RFD. ED. EX B.C.O.F. AND B.C.F.K.

DEDICATED BY

REV. PETER RANDLE

20. 7. 1997

MAINTAINED BY: Adelaide City Council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

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