Adelaide 10th Battalion "Pozieres Cross"

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Location Corner North Terrace & Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Type other
Description

ORIENTATION: East

Located behind the South Australian National War Memorial. One of six wooden commemorative crosses enclosed behind Perspex in alcoves in the outer face of Government House Domain wall. Below the arms of the crosses are bronze plaques.

HE 10TH BATTALION CROSS

This cross, in its natural colour is in the form of a Celtic cross except that the joining surround is not circular but straight.

The lower left link is missing.

Engraved on joining links:

SACRED MEMORY
POZIERS

On arms of cross:

OFFICERS NCO'S AND MEN

Top of cross:

IN
KILLED
IN
ACTION

Lower part of cross:

10TH BN
3RD BGE
A.I.F.
JULY
AUGUST
1916

Left plaque:

THIS CROSS
WAS ERECTED IN
FRANCE
BY THE BATTALION
IN MEMORY OF
COMRADES WHO FELL
DEDICATED
31ST JULY 1938

Right Plaque:

Insignia of the A.I.F.
10TH BATTALION
A.I.F.
POZIERES
1916

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