Myrtle Bank Alexandra Park Veterans Retirement Home Gazebo and Memorial Garden
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| Location | 55 Ferguson Avenue, Myrtle Bank, Unley - South Australia, Australia |
| Type | memorial_planting |
| Description | A war veteran's retirement village, to the left of the entrance driveway is a small gazebo donated by the RSL and to its left is a rose garden bed set on an elevated plot encompassed by a stone and cement edge. A white metal plaque is affixed inside the gazebo and two bronze plaques affixed to cement blocks are set in the rose garden. |
| Built | Not yet discovered |
| Opened | Not yet discovered |
| Inscription | Entrance wall: WARVETERANSHOME Garden: Plaque 1: ALEXANDRA PARKWAS DONATED THROUGHTHE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THEALEXANDRA GROUP OF R.S.L. SUB-BRANCHESBY THE ORGANISATION OF THEANNUAL SOUTH COAST GOLF WEEK.THIS GESTURE IS GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGEDAPRIL, 1975. Plaque 2: Logo of the War Veteran's Home"SPIRIT OF PEACE" ROSE PLANTING CEREMONY13TH AUGUST, 1995CONDUCTED AT THE WAR VETERANS HOME'S 80TH BIRTHDAYAS PART OF THE AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS (1945-1995) CELEBRATIONTO COMMEMORATE 50 YEARS SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR 11.WE THANK THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE HOME.MS. TRISH WORTH, M.P. (MEMBER FOR ADELAIDE)SIR ARTHUR LEE, K.B.E., M.C. (PATRON W.V.H.)MR. RONALD HOOPER (CHAIRMAN, W.V.H.)MR. RAY KELLY (ALEXANDRA GROUP OF R.S.L. SUB-BRANCHES)MISS. JOAN RAMSAY, O.A.M.MRS. IRIS CHARDON (CENTRAL COUNCIL OF R.S.L. WOMEN'S AUXILIARIES)MR. IVAN GIFFORD (R.S.L. LAWN BOWLS ASSOCIATION)MR. NORM ODLUM (THIRTY NINERS' ASSCOIATION)MR. JOHN ROSS (WORLD WAR 1 VETERAN-W.V.H.)MR. JOHN CRONSHAW (WORLD WAR 11 VETERAN-W.V.H.) Gazebo: GENEROUSLY DONATED TO THEWAR VETERANS' HOMEBY THECENTRAL COUNCIL RSLAUXILIARIES PROJECT1993 |
| Condition | MAINTAINED BY: WVH committee PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil |
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