Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Adelaide PWH2n Arctic Convoys

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. Adelaide PWH2a, Adelaide PWH2b and so forth.

INSCRIPTIONS:

PATHWAY OF HONOUR

2n

Upper plaque:

Insignia of the Association of Arctic Convoys Veterans

SA

ARCTIC CONVOY VETERANS

SOUTH AUSTRALIA EST. 1990

Commemorating the Veterans of this Association and the many fellow

mariners who lost their lives in action, who, while serving in the Royal Navy,

Royal Marines, Royal Artillery Maritime Unit and the Merchant Navy, played

their part in fighting-through many convoys to the North Russian ports of

Murmansk and Archangel. These deliveries of vital supplies and equipment

to beleagured Russia, in the period August 1941 to May 1945, contributed

significantly to the defeat of Nazi Germany

LEST WE FORGET

Lower plaque:

THIS MEMORIAL SPONSORED BY THE

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS

AND UNVEILED ON 18TH APRIL 2002

BY HER EXCELLENCY

MARJORIE JACKSON-NELSON

A.C. C.V.O. M.B.E.

GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

MAINTAINED BY: Adelaide City Council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

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