This is the only piece of statutory in Canberra which falls into the category of bold, imposing and larger than life pieces, befitting of Empire. Continue reading “King George V Memorial – View Spoiler?”
Glebe Superior Public School War Memorial
I am aware that many old schools have Rolls of Honour remembering those who you took part and died in World War I. Indeed my own former school Portora Royal School in Northern Ireland had one. Continue reading “Glebe Superior Public School War Memorial”
Memorials to Australia’s First Submarines
Making your way from the Garden Island Wharf towards the RAN Heritage Centre you will encounter, by the shore on your left, memorials to HMA Submarine AE1 and HMA Submarine AE2 and the bow of HMAS Parramatta. Continue reading “Memorials to Australia’s First Submarines”
HMAS AE1 Memorial (…’the ocean bed their tomb’)
The arrival of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) fleet into Sydney Harbour on 4 October 1913 was a great moment in Australian history. Australia now had direct control of the seas around the continent and no longer had to rely on the British Royal Navy. Continue reading “HMAS AE1 Memorial (…’the ocean bed their tomb’)”
The Cenotaph – Martin Place
As war memorials go, Sydney’s Cenotaph is small and rather plain though perhaps this has as much to do with its location, exposed in the centre of Martin Place in the midst of rather large and ornate buildings, rather than the actual Cenotaph itself. Continue reading “The Cenotaph – Martin Place”
War Memorial – On the Diamond
The square at the centre of the walled City of Derry, the point at which the four main streets from the four original city gates converge, is called the Diamond and is the former location of various civic buildings and a market. In fact, three former town halls were located here. In 1904 a fire in Austin’s Department store on the Diamond (the building behind the war Memorial in picture one attached) also destroyed the town hall from which point the Diamond then hosted a small garden. Continue reading “War Memorial – On the Diamond”
Enniskillen War Memorial
2015
1932
Enniskillen’s War Memorial at the intersection of Belmore Steet, the Queen Elizabeth Road and East Bridge Street was constructed in the aftermath of World War I to commemorate those who lost their lives in that war.
The Memorial stands about 6.5 metres high and is surmounted by a bronze figure of a lone private soldier in war kit, head bowed and leaning on his reversed rifle. I was particularly taken by the 1932 picture of the War Memorial (picture 2 above) taken by Fr.Francis Browne MC, former Chaplin to the Irish Guards. Continue reading “Enniskillen War Memorial”
Vao War Memorial – Morts Pour La France
During World War I 2,145 New Caledonian men served in Europe on French and Turkish fronts. Of these 1,005 were Kanaks – indigenous (Melanesian) islanders. 600 New Caledonians, including 382 Kanaks, died overseas in the service of the French colonial administration, many in the Aisne, France in July-August 1918. Continue reading “Vao War Memorial – Morts Pour La France”
WWI Memorial: Kanaks – Pour La France
During World War I, 2,145 New Caledonian men served in Europe on French and Turkish fronts. Of these 1,005 were Kanaks – indigenous (Melanesian) islanders. 600 New Caledonians, including 382 Kanaks, died overseas in the service of the French colonial administration, many in the Aisne, France in July-August 1918. Continue reading “WWI Memorial: Kanaks – Pour La France”
The Rambling Wombat 