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War Memorial
Australia

 TerowieM1

TEROWIE 5421

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: T section of Main Street and Besanko Road.

ORIENTATION: West


DESCRIPTION: A marble statue of a WW1 soldier standing at ease surmounted on a square cut limestone and granite capped pedestal and a four-tier granite base and concrete slab. All details are in gold leaf. The monument is on a triangular shaped island enclosed within a with a rail and wire mesh fence; a trench mortar is behind the monument


INSCRIPTIONS:
Face: Pedestal:

TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE MEN FROM THE
TEROWIE DISTRICT
COUNCIL AREA
WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
1939-1945

Brass plaque fourth tier

IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO SERVED AND DIED
KOREA Australian Commonwealth VIETNAM
1950-1952 Military Forces insignia 1962-1972
LEST WE FORGET

WHEN BUILT/ERECTED: September 1921

MAINTAINED BY: Terowie community

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Bayonet broken off, replaced by a wooden replica. Letters fading.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 05 Dec 01