Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

An impressive ceremony marked the un-
veiling on Sunday by Brigadier-General
Leane of a fallen soldiers' memorial at
Magill. Thirty-three of the men who en-
listed from the district made the supreme
sacrifice. The monument stands in a
portion of the Magill School grounds. It
is an anistically designed marble stone,
and bears the names of the dead. The
money for tbe work was raised by public
subscription at the suggestion of the
Magill Progressive Association, the sec-
retary of which (Mr. I. Simcock) did most
of the organising work. A large crowd
witnessed the service. A cordon was
formed around the memorial by a party
of returned soldiers from Magill, under
W. O.Walker. D.C.M., M.M. and bar, and
a company of senior cadets, in charge of
Lieutenant Rowe.
The chairman of tbe Burnside District
Council (Mr. J. A. Harper) said a flagpole
and a Union Jack had been presented to
the school by three local rejected volun-
teers, Messrs. J. Dalby, W. Cooke. and
F. Warner. The pole had been placed
in the scbool yard immediately to the
rear of tbe memorial. In handing them
over to the school Mr. Harper referred
to the great things for which the Union
Jack, stood. The schoolmaster (Mr. Scott)
accepted the gift.
Brigadier-General Leane, in unveiling the
monument, said in the war the Australian
had proved himself both a fine soldier and a
man. (Applause.) France had paid
her mark of respect to the gallant men
from the Commonwealth at Amiens, and
had proved that she placed the Australian
soldiers on an equality with her own
(Applause.) In Whitehall, London, there
was a Cenotaph in memory of the glorious
dead of England and the Dominions, and
whenever a man passed it he raised his
hat. It had struck him that afternoon
in connection with the Magill memorial
that it would be a good thing if the chil-
dren of the school in passing in and out
paid similar tribute to the departed men
who fought for them. (Applause.)
As the covering from the memorial was
removed the "Last Post" was sounded.
Mr. W. A. Hamilton, M.P., on behalf of
the Minister of Edncabon, accepted the gift.
The Speaker of the Assembly (Hon. F.
W. Coneybeer) said the memorial would
be a record for all time of the heroic
sacrifices made by some of the towns-
people of Magill, and it would stand as a
perpetual reminder of the devotion of Aus-
tralia's sons.
During the afternoon selections were
played by the Magill Band, and floral tri-
butes to the departed men were placed
upon the monument, wich was prepared
by Messrs. Maddaford & Polkinghorne, of
Adelaide.