War Memorials in Australia
Oxley War Memorial
Place:
Oxley, Queensland, 4075
District:
Southeast
Coast
Orientation: Suburb of
Brisbane
Location: Oxley Memorial Place, Oxley Road and Bannerman Street
Position: 27 34 S 152 56 E
Ref: 40018
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The memorial is a marble statue of a slouch-hatted World War I soldier with arms reversed standing on a stone column. There are marble tablets on three faces. The whole sits on a brick pavement with a low fence on three sides. There are four flagpoles on the north-east side.
The memorial cost £110 and was dedicated in 1920. The mason was F Williams of Ipswich. It was originally at the the corner of Oxley Road and Ipswich Road but was relocated in the mid 1980's to make way for roadworks. Further landscaping and paving was undertaken in 1996 with assistance from Australia Remembers Committee, Brisbane City Council parks trust fund and Department of Employment Education and Training.1
West face
Carved in column
LEST WE FORGET
Marble tablet on section below
OXLEY HONOURS THE MEMORY
OF
| W. M. BOURKE | R. PRICE | ||
| W. COOLING | T. L. ROWLANDS | ||
| W. CROCK | R. L. SINNAMON | ||
| M. ENRIGHT | C. H. TOWNSON | ||
| J. FISHER | S. J. TOWNSON | ||
| A. J. GIBBINGS | A. WEBSTER | ||
| S. HAGGER | D. WEBSTER | ||
| C. MITCHELL |
On section below
Bronze insignia of Royal Australian Navy
South face
Marble tablet
MALAYAN EMERGENCY
1950 - 1960.
BORNEO.
VIETNAM WAR
1962 - 1972.
On section below
Bronze insignia of Royal Australian Air Force
East face
Bronze plaque
Insignia of Australia
Remembers 1945 - 1995
IN HONOUR OF
THE MEN & WOMEN WHO SERVED
AUSTRALIA IN TIME OF CONFLICT
DURING WORLD WAR II
LEST WE FORGET
North face
Marble tablet
WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945.
KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953.
On section below
Bronze insignia of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
Information current to July 2003
Sources: The photograph
and some of the information on this page have been kindly provided by Ray Colman.
1
Shirley and Trevor McIvor , Queensland
War Memorials and Tributes CD-ROM, Toowoomba, S & T McIvor 27 Maker Street
Toowoomba Qld 4350