Box Hill (Shire of Nunawading) War Memorial, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia

Box Hill (Shire of Nunawading) War Memorial

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Location	Box Hill Gardens, Nelson Road, Box Hill, Whitehorse - Victoria, Australia
Type	memorial
Description	Grey Granite with white marble bugler Yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large assembly, the Governor General unveiled the war memorial at Box Hill. The memorial occupies a conspicuous site in Post Office Square, on White Horse Road. It is a granite column, inscribed with the names of fallen soldiers, and surmounted by the sculptured figure of an Australian bugler, holding a bugle to his lips. It has been erected by Nunawading Shire as a tribute to the men in the district who enlisted and in memory of those who fell in the war. Cr. J. R. Ellingworth, (shire president) said that £1000 had been subscribed for the erection of the memorial and the sum of £830 already had been spent. The remaining £170 would be devoted to beautifying the grounds around the monument. The number of the men who had enlisted from the 595 of these 92 had given their lives for their country. The Age (Melbourne), 20 February 1922. Read more...
Built	Not yet discovered
Opened	19 February 1922 by Governor General
Inscription	For God King and Empire 1914 - 1919 ERECTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE SHIRE OF NUNAWADING As a Grateful Tribute TO THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS WHO FROM A LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY ENLISTED FROM THE SHIRE FOR ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE GREAT WAR And in Loving and Affectionate Memory of THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE FOR THE HONOR OF AUSTRALIA Left Side Inscription [ Names ] Back Inscription [ Names ] Right Side Inscription IN MEMORIAM. "LEST WE FORGET" [ Names ] Inscription in Proximity Plaque 1 : Malaya - Borneo 1948 - 1966 Korea 1950 -1953 Lest We Forget Plaque 2 : Vietnam 1962 - 1973 Lest We Forget Plaque 3 : Presented to Whitehorse City Council By the Victorian Vietnam Veterans Community in Commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan - 18th August 2006 Plaque 4 : 1951 - 1972 Dedicated To Australia's National Servicemen Who Served In The Navy - Army - Air Force And The 212 Who Paid The Supreme Sacrifice During Active Service In Borneo And Vietnam. "Service to the Nation". Erected by Whitehorse Sub-Branch Of National Servicemen's Association of Australia (Victoria Branch Inc) Unveiled 16 March 2008.
Condition	Good