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War Memorial
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 Redhill War Memorial

RED HILL 5521

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: Corner of Bowman Street and Ellis Street

ORIENTATION: Southeast

DESCRIPTION: A white marble memorial comprising an obelisk surmounted on a pedestal and three-tier sur-base and concrete slab. The names on the pedestal are on a marble representation of unfurled parchment rolled at the top and bottom. All details are in black.

INSCRIPTIONS:
Face:

Crossed rifles at base of the obelisk

Pedestal:

Top tier:

THE ABOVE BRAVE MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE.

Centre tier:

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF
THE DISTRICT OF RED HILL IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY
DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.

Lower tier:

LEST WE FORGET

FOR IN THEIR BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE, DEPENDED OUR FREEDOM.

Right:
Pedestal:

Top tier:

THE ABOVE BRAVE MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE.
WORLD WAR 11

MAINTAINED BY: Local community

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Restored 2003

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 30 Jul 02