Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

 MorchardM 

MORCHARD 5431

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: Orroroo/Wilmington Road

ORIENTATION: North

DESCRIPTION: A white marble memorial comprising an obelisk surmounted on a capped pedestal and two-tier base that in turn is mounted on a rough-cut granite block and concrete slab. All details are in black. The memorial is enclosed within a wooden post and wire mesh fence

INSCRIPTIONS:
Face:
Pedestal:

FROM THIS DISTRICT, THE
FOLLOWING MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE.

Upper tier:

THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOREVER

Lower tier:

ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF MORCHARD,
AS A TRIBUTE TO ALL AUSTRALIANS,
WHO ENLISTED FOR SERVICE IN THE
GREAT EUROPEAN WAR.
1914-19.
* GREAT WORLD WAR, 1939-45

Back:
Pedestal:

LEST WE FORGET

MAINTAINED BY: Local community

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Letters damaged

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 20 Oct 02