Port Augusta All Conflicts Memorial
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Location | Corner of Jervois Street and Marryat Street, Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia |
Type | memorial |
Description | A low stonewall containing seven brass plaques. Above the wall stands a stainless steel Cross of Sacrifice; at the base of the cross is a small plaque. Next to the cross is a granite boulder with a brass plaque. |
Built | Not yet discovered |
Opened | Not yet discovered |
Inscription | First plaque from left on stonewall: PORT AUGUSTA EX-SERVICEWOMEN Logo of Ex-servicewomen's Cross insigniaClub of S.A.TO HONOUR ALL EX-SERVICEWOMENWHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY Second plaque from left: Cross insigniaIN MEMORYRSL logo OF THOSE WHO SERVEDAND THOSE WHO FELLWORLD WAR 11914-1918 Third plaque from left: Cross insigniaIN MEMORYRSL logo OF THOSE WHO SERVEDAND THOSE WHO FELLWORLD WAR 111939-1945 Fourth plaque from left: Cross insigniaIN MEMORYRSL logo OF THOSE WHO SERVEDAND THOSE WHO FELLMALAYSIA1948-1966Note; the date on this plaque has been altered with the addition of a bronze strip. Fifth plaque from left: Cross insignia IN MEMORYRSL logo OF THOSE WHO SERVEDAND THOSE WHO FELLKOREA1950-1953 Sixth plaque from left: Cross insigniaIN MEMORYRSL logo OF THOSE WHO SERVEDAND THOSE WHO FELLVIETNAM1957-1975 Seventh plaque from left: Cross insigniaIN MEMORYRSL logo OF THOSE WHO SERVEDAND THOSE WHO FELLGULF CONFLICT1991 Plaque at the base of the cross; LEST WEFORGET Plaque on the granite boulder: Badge of the Yorkshire Light InfantryDEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OFFREDERICK WILLIAMHOLMES V.C.No.9376 LANCE CORPORAL2ND BATTALION KING'S OWN(YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY)VICTORIA CROSS-Le CATEAU, BELGIUM26TH AUGUST 1914MEDAILLE MILITAIRE-THE AINSE, FRANCENOVEMBER 1914 (ARMY ORDER 446)PASSED AWAY, PORT AUGUSTA.22ND OCTOBER. 1969WITH RANK OF CAPTAIN (RET.)HIS DEEDS WILL LIVE TO ETERNITYLEST WE FORGET |
Condition | MAINTAINED BY: Port Augusta Council PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil |
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