Darwin War Memorial, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

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Location	The Esplanade, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Type	memorial
Description	A granite ball is mounted on a polished grey granite capped tapered cylindrical column and pedestal that in turn is surmounted on a stepped and capped pedestal; this in turn is set on a red granite block with a four tier stepped base. On the face a bronze plaque is affixed to the pedestal cap and another on the pedestal base. On the red granite block are three bronze plaques. On the right face there is a bronze plaque on the capped pedestal. At the rear of the monument is a red granite wall and three flagpoles, on either side of the monument are curved red granite walls. On the left and right walls are listed campaigns that have involved Australian units; all details are in gold leaf. The monument was dedicated on 21st April 1921; originally it was erected outside Government House in the now non-existent Liberty Square. It was relocated to the Civic Centre in 1970 and thence to its present location in Bicentennial Park in 1992. The present site was once the location of the 14th Anti-Aircraft Battery that were amongst the first to fire against the first Japanese aircraft raid in February 1942. Read more...
Built	Not yet discovered
Opened	24 April 1921
Inscription	ace: Pedestal: Upper plaque: IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN MATES VIETNAM 1964-1972 Pedestal: THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO ENLISTED FROM THE NORTHERN TERRITORY "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." Lower plaque: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND IN APPRECIATION OF THOSE WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945 AND SUBSEQUENT KOREAN AND MALAYAN CAMPAIGNS Granite block: Right plaque: RAA insignia 5/400017 Pte. J. Richardson 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment K.I.A. KOREA. 15 February 1951 Centre plaque: DARWIN ENLISTEES WWII 1942 - 1945 "They died for their country" Left plaque: RAR insignia 42774 Cpl. R.H.Hillier M.I.D. 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment K.I.A. South Vietnam. 29 November 1965 Left face: Pedestal: THIS SUPREME SACRIFICE WAS MADE BY Rear: Pedestal: THIS SUPREME SACRIFICE WAS MADE BY Right face: Pedestal Cap: Bronze plaque: BORNEO 1965 - 1966 IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SERVED Pedestal: THIS SUPREME SACRIFICE WAS MADE BY Rear wall: LEST WE FORGET Left wall: from left to right in one continuous line SUDAN SOUTH AFRICA CHINA INDIAN OCEAN GALLIPOLI EGYPT MESOPOTAMIA NORTHERN FRANCE FLANDERS PALESTINE NORTH SYRIA EUROPE ATLANTIC ARTIC MEDITERRANEAN BRITAIN NORTH AFRICA GREECE CRETE DEFENCE SOUTH SYRIA OF DARWIN 19 FEB 1942 15 AUG 1945 Right wall: from left to right in one continuous line DEFENCE SYRIA BURMA MALAYA SINGAPORE PACIFIC NEW BRITAIN NEW GUINEA PAPUA BOUGAINVILLE OF AUSTRALIA 3 SEP 1939 15 AUG 1945 NETHERLAND'S PHILIPPINES BORNEO AMBON WEST TIMOR KOREA MALAYAN INDONESIAN UNITED NATION SOUTH VIETNAM EAST INDIES EAST TIMOR EMERGENCY CONFRONTATION PEACEKEEPING
Condition	MAINTAINED BY: Darwin Council PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: When first devised the memorial was to have a bronze effigy of a soldier in lieu of the ball, but was cancelled because of insufficient funds.
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