Broken Hill War Memorial

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Location Sulphide & Argent Streets, Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality - New South Wales, Australia
Type memorial
Description

A sculptured bronze war memorial entitled "The Bomber" by artist Charles Web Gilbert. There is half-metre tall version of this statue in the Hall of Valour in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

There is another statue of a soldier in a different pose, of similar proportions and also executed by Charles Web-Gilbert, in Rose Park, Adelaide and in Shepparton, Victoria.

He also executed the first of the famous dioramas in the Australian War Memorial, and the original 2nd Division Memorial at Mont St Quentin in France., which was destroyed by Nazi occupiers in WW2.

"The Bomber' stands on a cairn of rough cut Harcourt granite and this rests on a platform of three surrounding steps. It depicts a hatless soldier in the act of throwing a 'Mills Bomb' hand grenade, his rifle slung over his shoulder while doing so.

There are 4 bronze tablets with the names of 365 fallen from the district. The monument reaches a height of 6.4 metres.

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Built Charles Web Gilbert
Opened 11 October 1925 by Sír John Monash
Inscription

To the memory of the men of Broken Hill and District who gave their lives in the Great War

1914 - 1918

Their name liveth for evermore

They were a wall unto us both by night and day

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Left Side Inscription
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Back Inscription
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Right Side Inscription
Web Gilbert 1924 Sculptor

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Condition

Good

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

VAWSER, William Herbert

Service number 6844
Private
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 5 Dec 1890

EDWARDS, Thomas

Service number 3650
Private
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1895

MEADE, John Henry

Service number 304
Private
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Mar 1895

HANCOCK, Frank Herbert

Service number OFFICER
Captain
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 10 Jan 1885

MORRISON, Leslie Gow

Service number 4229
Private
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 5 Jul 1893

GILPIN, Anthony Simpson

Service number 461
Sergeant
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

CULLEN, George Frederick

Service number 463
Private
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Jun 1896

FARRIER, Charles Percy

Service number OFFICER
Lieutenant
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 31 Oct 1894

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