Annandale War Memorial, Annandale, New South Wales, Australia

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Location	Hinsby Park, Johnston & North Piper Streets, Annandale, Leichhardt - New South Wales, Australia
Type	memorial
Description	It is in the form of an obelisk that incorporates curved seating, and was the result of an architectural competition drafted and judged by the New South Wales Monuments Advisory Board in 1920. The architect R. Keith Harris won the first prize of 15 pounds The memorial cost 1,250 pounds and was constructed by the builder F. Gagliardi. The memorial is unusual in including a 'plot of remembrance' near the memorial, this is a ersatz grave which allowed mourners to remember their dead at a more personal level. Read more...
Built	Monument Designer: R.Keith Harris (architect) Monument Manufacturer: Edwards (Lismore, N.S.W.)
Opened	4 December 1921 by Brigadier General I. G. Mackay, C.M.G., D.S.O.
Inscription	[ Names ] Erected by the citizens of Annandale to the memory of the men of this District who made the supreme sacrific in the Great War 1914 - 1920 Back Inscription To the immortal dead
Condition	Good