Adelaide St Francis Xavier Cathedral Unit Colours 43rd Bn WW1 & 2/43rd Bn WW2 Back to Search
Details
| Location | 33 Wakefield Street, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Type | other |
| Description | Two colours with battle honours are hung in an alcove to the right of the altar. A bronze plaque affixed to a backing board is on the wall in front and below the colours. |
| Built | Not yet discovered |
| Opened | Not yet discovered |
| Inscription |
Plaque:
43 Colour patch1914-1918
To the Glory of GodCommemoratingThe 43rd and 2/43rd Infantry Battalions, AIF Their Colours with Battle Honours emblazoned werelaid up in this Cathedral on the 13th December 1984Honouring the Memory of 608 officers and men killed andthe 1,937 wounded in two World Wars.On the 10th June, 1995, these colours after conservationwere Rededicated to Commemorate the50th Anniversaryof the landing of the 2/43rd Battalionon Labuan Island, North Borneoon the 10 June, 1945 Nil Desperandum |
| Condition | MAINTAINED BY: Catholic diocese. PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil |
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