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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