Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

KingscoteM1 

KINGSCOTE 5223

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: Anzac Drive, in the War Memorial Park, Flinders Reserve

ORIENTATION: East

DESCRIPTION: A white Cross of Sacrifice surmounted on a polished granite obelisk that in turn is mounted on a two-tier granite pedestal. This in turn is mounted on a three-tier white marble base set on a tile-covered concrete support and two-tier tile covered concrete base and concrete slab. All details are on the two tiers of the pedestal, front and back. The memorial was built at a cost of £178-12-11.

INSCRIPTIONS:
Pedestal:
Face upper:

Lower:

ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE
DISTRICT OF KINGSCOTE.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BRAVE BOYS
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE WORLD'S GREAT WAR 1914-1918.

Back upper:

LEST WE FORGET

Lower:

ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE
DISTRICT OF KINGSCOTE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE BOYS
OF THIS DISTRICT WHO PAID THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR 11 1939-1945

ERECTED BY: Mr. V. Boothby

WHEN UNVEILED: 24 December 1922

MAINTAINED BY: Kangaroo Island Council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: Jocelyn Talmage, 10 Mar 04. Wayne Stitson, March 05