Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross

Details

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

Condition

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

MCINERNEY, Joseph Thomas Patrick

Service number 2451
Private
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 10 Apr 1898

RIX, Allan Elmore

Service number 3698
Private
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 28 Sep 1898

RIGGS, Elliott Andrew

Service number 3222A
Private
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 8 Dec 1891

KAY, Henry

Service number COMMI...
Lieutenant
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 28 May 1887

GEISLER, Robert John

Service number 3025
Private
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 2 Jan 1895

PURDEY, Francis Roy

Service number 1728
Private
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 9 Jan 1895

WINTER, Albert Mortimer Smith

Service number 2239
Sergeant
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Apr 1893

PHILLIPS, Gustav Henry

Service number 3452
Lance Corporal
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 21 Mar 1895

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