Adelaide Phineas Philip Davies "HMCS Protector" Memorial Back to Search
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| Location | Sir Edwin Smith Avenue, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Type | memorial |
| Description | A white marble headstone mounted on a grey granite base and backing. The whole set on a concrete slab. A bronze plaque is affixed to the granite base. On top of the headstone is a white marble urn. At the top of the face is an embossed wreath and ribbands |
| Built | Not yet discovered |
| Opened | by 8th April 1995 |
| Inscription | Face: Sacred to the MemoryofPHINEAS PHILIP DAVIESA.B. H.M.C.S. PROTECTOR.KILLED BY PREMATURE EXPLOSIONOF A CARTRIDGE WHEN FIRING SALUTEAT GLENELG COMMEMORATION DAY28TH DECEMBER 1885. Aged 20ERECTED BY HIS SHIPMATES,AND NAVAL RESERVE. Plaque: This tombstone marked the site of the grave of Phineas Davies in Cheltenham Cemetery for 100 years and was claimed by the Royal Australian Navy in December 1986. It was installed as the headpiece of the South Australian Naval Memorial Garden at HMAS ENCOUNTER until the Garden was relocated to its present site in April 1995 |
| Condition | Good Maintained by Adelaide City Council |
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