Place: Renmark, South Australia, 5341
District: Murray
Orientation:
Location: Ral Ral Avenue and Murtho Street, in centre plantation
Position: 34 10 22 S     140 44 95 E
Ref: 50001

The memorial is a white marble cross on a stepped base.

About 600 men enlisted in World War I, out of a district population of about 3,000. This was a high percentage and has been attributed by some to the spirit of co-operation and united effort which had seen the settlement survive.

North face
LEST WE FORGET

Below this
a metal sword

Below this
1914 - 1918

Below this
a bronze wreath

West face
1939 - 1945

South face
LEST WE FORGET

Below this
a metal sword

Below this
1914 - 1918

Below this
a bronze wreath

East face
1939 - 1945

Below this a plaque
Insignia of Royal Australian Navy    Insignia of Australian Commonwealth     Insignia of Royal Australian Air Force
Military Forces

MALAY PENINSULA 1948 - 1960, 1964 - 1965

KOREA 1950 - 1954   BORNEO 1962 - 1966

VIETNAM 1962 - 1973

"Their Name Liveth for Evermore"

Information current to May 2000

Sources:   Coleman, Dudley, Golden Heritage, A Story of  Renmark, written for the Renmark Irrigation Trust and the Corporation of the              Town of Renmark,, Advertiser Printing Office, 1954

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