War Memorials in Australia
Williamstown Boer War Memorial
Place:
Williamstown, South Australia, 5351
District: Central (SA)
Orientation: 53 km NE of Adelaide
Location: Queens Street and Memorial Drive, beside entrance to Institute
Position:
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The memorial is a white marble column at the top of which is a draped urn sitting on a carved shroud. Below the shroud are carved flowers and below this a hand, emerging from a wreath and holding an open book.
South face
Erected to the Memory
of
on pages of book
PRIVATE-
W. E. SMITH
ONCE A RESIDENT
OF WILLIAMSTOWN
WHO WAS KILLED IN
BATTLE AGAINST THE
BOERS AT ARUNDEL
FEB 21 S.AFRICA
1900
below hand
Also In Memory of
OTHER SOUTH AUSTRALIANS
WHO WERE SLAIN
Information current to November 2000