Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

 PalmerM

PALMER 5237

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: Olive Grove Avenue, to the left of Collier Park entrance.

ORIENTATION: Northwest

DESCRIPTION: A white marble memorial, comprising a broken column with a rifle superimposed on an olive branch affixed to its face, surmounted on a capped pedestal and two-tier sur-base and a rough-cut block that in turn is mounted on a granite base and concrete slab. The monument is approximately twelve feet high. Mason's name, G.E. Morgan etched in top right corner of left face of the marble block.

INSCRIPTIONS:
Face:
Pedestal:

Upper tier:

Roll of Honor
THE GREAT WAR. 1914-19
"LEST WE FORGET."

Lower tier:

¶ GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF
PALMER AND DISTRICT.
IN HONOR OF THE LOCAL SOLDIERS.
BEARING THEIR PART IN THE ABOVE WAR.

Bronze plaque:

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN
WORLD WAR 2 AND POST CAMPAIGNS
OVERSEAS AND AT HOME,
TO ENSURE LASTING PEACE
FOR AUSTRALIA.

WHEN BUILT/ERECTED: Unveiled by A. Parsons M.P.

MANUFACTURED BY: Mason, G.E. Morgan. Cost £65

MAINTAINED BY: Mannum Council, Palmer community

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Letters fading.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 30 Apr 02