War Memorials in Australia
Rockhampton Cenotaph
Place:
Rockhampton, Queensland, 4700
District: Capricornia
Orientation:
Location: Diggers Park, Botanic Gardens, Gillender Street
Position: 23 24 01 S 150 29 49 E
Ref: 40007
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Memorial is a grey Gracemere granite obelisk on a stepped base. Unveiled
by Sir Mathew Nathan on 16 October 1924 it is Queensland's tallest World War I monument
and, at £2,654, the costliest. The mason was F.M. Allan of Rockhampton.
There is a garden bed on each side of the monument in which shrubs spell out (West) RAN,
(North) ARMY, (East) RAAF, (South) ANZAC. There is a flagpole behind a stone on the south
side of the monument.
In the pathway leading to the monument is a German 105mm howitzer captured in Palestine by
1st Light Horse Regiment during World War I.
West face
IN REMEMBRANCE
TO THOSE WHO FELL
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
1950 - 1953
1948 - 1954
1963 - 1965
1964 - 1972
South face
FREEDOM
East face
UNITY
North face
SACRIFICE
Plaques on stone on north west side of
monument
Insignia of RAN Insignia of AIF Insignia of RAAF |
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| SOUTH AFRICA 11-10-1899 - 1-6-1902 | SECOND WORLD WAR 3-9-1939 - 15-8-1945 | INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION 10-10-1963 - 1-10-1966 |
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| BOXER REBELLION 6-8-1900 - 25-4-1901 | KOREAN WAR 29-6-1950 - 27-7-1953 | VIETNAM WAR 3-8-1962 - 1-1-1973 |
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| FIRST WORLD WAR 4-8-1914 - 11-11-1918 | MALAYAN EMERGENCY 31-5-1950 - 31-7-1960 | PEACEKEEPING 1-6-1956 - |
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LEST WE FORGET |
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Plaques on stone on north east side of
monument
Insignia of RAN Insignia of AIF Insignia of RAAF |
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KINDRED ASSOCIATION |
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| WAR WIDOWS ASSOCIATION | CAPRICORN DISABLED SERVICEMENS' & WOMENS' ASSOC. | |
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| T.P.I. ASSOCIATION OF QLD | 11TH AUSTRALIAN FIELD AMBULANCE | 17TH INFANTRY BRIGADE |
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| ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION | R'TON 25 BRIGADE & ATTACHED TROOPS ASSOC | 1ST (CO) LIGHT HORSE HISTORICAL TROOP |
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| UNITED EX-SERVICEWOMEN'S ASSOCIATION | RATS OF TOBRUK ASSOCIATION | "TS ROCKHAMPTON" NAVAL CADETS |
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| 42 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY ASSOCIATION | EX-NATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION | LEGACY |
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| NAVAL ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA | VIETNAM VETS' ASSOCIATION | 9TH FIELD AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION |
Plaque on stone on south side of monument
Insignia of 41sr Infantry Division
Insignia
41ST US INFANTRY DIVISION
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IN MEMORY
OF
FALLEN COMRADES
AUSTRALIAN AND UNITED
STATES MILITARY FORCES
1942 1945
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NEW GUINEA PHILIPPINES
MALAYA BORNEO
DEDICATED 4 AUGUST 1993
Information current to June 2000
Sources: McIvor, Shirley and Trevor, Salute the Brave, A Pictorial Record of Queensland War Memorials, USQ Press, Toowoomba, 1994