Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

A white marble memorial comprising a statue of a soldier standing at "Rest on Arms Reverse", left hand over right, rifle muzzle on left boot, surmounted on a capped split level pedestal and three-tier base. Five black granite plaques are affixed to the front pedestal cap, main pedestal and base plinths.

Main Pedestal
 
Left Side
Great War Bronze Plaque
Names A to K

Right Side
Great War Bronze Plaque
Names L to W

History

In 1919 a meeting of the women of St Peters resolved “– to erect a soldiers’ memorial in honour of the St Peters Heroes who fell in the Great War”. A committee was formed to raise funds for a memorial and to decide upon the form it should take. The St Peters Council reserved an area at the Town Hall end of St Peters Street.

The final design, by Adelaide architect and artist Edward Davies, consisted of a base of Angaston marble on top of which is a statue of an Australian ‘Digger’ with arms reversed, sculptured in Carrara marble in Italy and based on photographs taken at the Keswick Barracks of a typical Australian soldier.

The cost of the memorial was fully met by public subscriptions, with the unveiling and dedication by the then Governor, Sir Archibald Weigall KCMG on the12th February 1922.

On 24th April 2019, the Memorial was re-dedicated when the current Governor, The Honourable Hieu Van Le AC, unveiled two bronze plaques listing the names of 145 men from the district who died in the Great War.

On 11th November 2024 the Governor of South Australia Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC, unveiled a bronze plaque listing the names of 89 men from the district who died in the Second World War.