Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Adelaide PWH2t 9RAR

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

20.

upper plaque:

9^TH Battalion logo

9^TH BATTALION

THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT

THE 9TH BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT

WAS RAISED AT KESWICK BARRACKS, ADELAIDE, ON THE

13TH NOVEMBER 1967. FROM LATE NOVEMBER 1967 UNTIL

ITS DEPARTURE FOR SOUTH VIETNAM ON THE 9TH OF

NOVEMBER 1968, THE BATTALION WAS BASED AT WOODSIDE

ON RETURN FROM SOUTH VIETNAM ON THE 10TH OF

DECEMBER 1969, THE BATTALION WAS RELOCATED TO

ENOGGARA, QUEENSLAND

Lower plaque:

THEY PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

WHILST ON ACTIVE SERVICE

WITH THE 9^TH BATTALION

LEST WE FORGET

MAINTAINED BY: Adelaide City Council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 23 Feb 02, updated 12 Jan 04, 12 Dec 05, 16 Oct 06, 12 Dec07