Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

The monument, a handsome one, stands 19ft high, weighs seven tons, and is composed of solid Carrara marble. The pedestal is granite, bearing a bronze representation of a trooper wounded, alongside or whom stands a riderless horse, neighing. Surmounting this, at the base of the column, are crossed swords, and other emblems, representing the special troop to which the fallen soldiers belonged.

In memory of the Gundagai soldiers who fell in the South African War

1899 - 1900 - 1901.

Erected by the people of the District.

Left Side Inscription
Trooper H. W. G. Marshall

B.S.A. Com Forces accidentally shot at Fort Manzimyama, Rhodesia

29th Sept 1900

Back Inscription
Sergt-Major G. A. Griffin

1st Australian Horse,

Killed in action at Slingersfontein, Cape Colony
16th Jany 1900,

The first soldier from N.S.W. to fall in the war.

Right Side Inscription
Trumpeter C. A. Gilchrist

1st Australian Horse

Died from Enteric Fever, at Kimberley, Cape Colony,
13th March 1900.

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