Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross

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. THE 50TH BATTALION CROSS This cross is painted white with all details in black, It is in the form of a Celtic cross.
Built	William Hill BREWSTER (3362) in France.
Opened	Not yet discovered
Inscription	Top of cross: IN Top of circle: MEMORY Below top half of circle: OF On arms of cross: OFFICERS N.C.OS & MEN Lower half of circle: OF THE 50TH BATTALION Lower section of cross: WHO FELL IN THE COUNTER ATTACK WHICH CAPTURED VILLERS BRETTONEUX ON 24-25 APRIL 1918 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. 50TH BATTALION A.I.F VILLERS-BRETONNEUX 1918
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