Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

 OrrorooM

ORROROO 5431

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: Second Street, in the plantation street divider

ORIENTATION: Northeast

DESCRIPTION: A white marble memorial, comprising a statue of a soldier standing at "Rest on Arms Reversed" with left hand over right and the muzzle of the rifle on the left boot supported behind the left leg by a tree trunk, on a capped pedestal and rough-cut granite block, that in turn is mounted on a three-tier concrete base and slab. Between the pedestal cap and its base are capped pillars at each corner symbolically forming a cenotaph. All details are in black. On the left face is a white marble plaque and a bronze plaque, on the back is a bronze plaque. The memorial is enclosed within an eight stone post and steel chain fence. Behind the monument is a flagpole.

INSCRIPTIONS:
Face:
Pedestal centre:

Pedestal base:

ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT OF ORROROO
IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR,
1914-1918.

Left:
Marble plaque:

ROLLOF HONOUR
TO
THOSE WHO SERVED IN
VIETNAM CONFLICT
1962-1972
J.A.EHLERS
B.K.ANESBURY
W.T.SHEPHARD
M.K.SMITH

Bronze plaque:

UNVEILED BY
D. SINCLAIR
R.S.L.
STATE COUNCILLOR

Back:
Bronze plaque:

WORLD WAR 11
1939-1945
A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED

MAINTAINED BY: Orroroo Council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Letters damaged, marble stained

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 20 Oct 02