Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 Memorial Back to Search

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Location Port Road West Parklands, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Type memorial
Description

An Australian freestone memorial in the stylised form of a cenotaph on a three step raised dais. Behind the monument is a crescent shaped two level stone-block wall, in front of the monument is a garden and flagpole. On the front of the cenotaph is a brass and granite plaque

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 19 October 1920 by C.B. Anderson, Railways Commissioner
Inscription

Brass plaque:

1914 1939LEST WE FORGET1918 1945

Granite Plaque:

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYSMEMORIAL

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL

THESE LAID THE WORLD AWAY POURED OUT THERED SWEET WINE OF YOUTH GAVE UP THE YEARSTO BE OF WORK AND JOY AND THAT UNHOPED SERENETHAT MEN CALL AGE.

Condition

Good

Maintained by Adelaide City Council

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