Adelaide University Union Cloisters WW1 Memorial Plaques Back to Search
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| Location | Victoria Drive - North Gate, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Type | plaque |
| Description | Cloisters, two bronze plaques are affixed to angled faces at the top of a polished wooden stand at the eastern end. |
| Built | Not yet discovered |
| Opened | Not yet discovered |
| Inscription | South plaque: THESE ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY UNION CLOISTERS ARE A MEMORIAL TO THE 470 MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY WHO SERVED OVERSEAS IN WORLD WAR 1 (1914-1918) 64 OF WHOM GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY "THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD; AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN. AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM." THIS PLAQUE WAS SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE FOUNDATION North plaque: "THE BRAVE AND FAITHFUL DEAD HAVE FLUNG THE TORCH OF LIFE INTO OUR HANDS, AND WE OWE IT TO THEIR MEMORIES TO SEE THAT IT BURNS AS BRIGHTLY WHEN WE PASS IT ON. WE SHOULD HONOUR THEIR MEMORY BY MAKING THE UNIVERSITY UNION WHAT IT REALLY SHOULD BE- THE LINK THAT BINDS US ALL TOGETHER" VICE-CHANCELLOR PROFESSOR WILLIAM MITCHELL MARCH 1919 THIS PLAQUE WAS SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE FOUNDATION |
| Condition | Good. Maintained by the University of Adelaide |
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