Adelaide Pathway of Honour - Normandy Veterans D-Day WW2 Memorial Back to Search

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Location Kintore Avenue / King William St, 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 8 June 2003 by LT GEN SIR D. DUNSTAN. AC. KBE. CB. (RET)
Inscription

Upper plaque:

Normandy Veterans Association logo

NORMANDY VETERANS ASSOCIATION

BRANCH NO. 98 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO ALL

PERSONNEL WHO TOOK PART IN THE

LIBERATION OF NORMANDY D-DAY

JUNE 6TH 1944 TO AUGUST 20TH 1944

LEST WE FORGET

                     UTAH               OMAHA                 GOLD                       JUNO                SWORD

               GRANDCAMP      VIERVILLE      ARROMANCHES      COURSEULLES      ST ALBIN

SPONSORED BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 

Lower plaque:

THIS MEMORIAL ON JUNE 8TH 2003.

WAS UNVEILED BY

LT GEN SIR D. DUNSTAN. AC. KBE. CB. (RET

DEDICATED BY

REV PETER. MILLER. TH L.

NORMANDY VETERANS PRAYER.


O ETERNAL LORD GOD, WHO HAS UNITED TOGETHER


ALL VETERANS OF THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN,


GRANT WE BESEESH YOU. YOUR BLESSING AND GIVE


STRENGTH TO CARRY ON OUR WORK TO AID AND


BRING COMRADESHIP TO ALL NORMANDY VETERANS


AND JOY AND COMMON PURPOSE, THROUGHOUT OUR


ASSOCIATION. WE ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS


CHRIST WHOSE COURAGE NEVER FAILED.

 

AMEN

Condition

MAINTAINED BY: Adelaide City Council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

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