Townsville Cenotaph

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Location	Anzac Memorial Park, The Strand, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Type	Monument
Description	ANZAC Memorial Park on the Strand is also home to the cenotaph, where ANZAC Day ceremonies are held. What we now call the cenotaph, in ANZAC Park, was originally called the ‘Soldier’s Memorial’. Built in 1923-24, by local stonemasons Melrose and Fenwick, what we now call the cenotaph, is a war memorial that was originally also a clocktower. It was once a functional clock. Standing at just over 7.5 metres tall, it’s made of large blocks of grey granite, which sit atop a marble base. At the base of the tower, marble tablets with lead lettering list the names of World War I casualties. The clock faces are no longer on the memorial. Read more...
Built	Built in 1923-24, by local stonemasons Melrose and Fenwick
Opened	25 April 1924 by Sir Matthew Nathan, Governor of Queesland
Inscription	ERECTED TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN AND BOYS OF TOWNSVILLE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 ---- 1918 "The Moments pass; but never shall die The Memory of our honoured Dead, Who, marching whither Duty led, With Death met Immortality." The Names of Those who paid the Price For Us, and for the Land we love, Be Beacon-fires to all who move On lowlier ways of sacrifice: P.F. ROWLAND. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS " (Names) FOR GOD HOME AND HUMANITY (Names)
Condition	Good