War Memorials in Australia
Palmer War Memorial
Place:
Palmer, South Australia, 5237
District: Central (SA)
Orientation: 70 km E of Adelaide
Location: Olive Grove Avenue and Main Street, at entrance to Collier Park
Position:
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The memorial is a white marble obelisk with a broken column sitting on a block of unpolished marble on a granite plinth on a concrete base. Carved into the column is a rifle and olive branch. The height of the monument is 3.5 metres. There is a flagpole on the opposite side of the entrance road.
The monument cost £65. The mason was G. E. Morgan. It was unveiled by A Parsono M.P.
Of the 16 names listed, at least 11 appear to be of Germanic origin.
North face
C. ANDERSEN.
G. A. DOHNT.*
H. C. DOHNT.
H. A. FECHNER.
T. E. FECHNER.
D. FENDLER.
R. GEISLER.*
C. H. LOWE.
J. S. LOWE.
C. H. MENGERSEN.
H. E. MENGERSON.*
N. V. MENGERSEN.
I. O. MENGERSEN.
R. PENGELLEY.
M. PENGELLEY.
H. WEGENER.
On section below
Roll of Honor
THE GREAT WAR.
1914-19
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"LEST WE FORGET".
On section below
*GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS
COUNTRY.
ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF
PALMER AND DISTRICT.
IN HONOR OF THE LOCAL SOLDIERS,
BEARING THEIR PART IN THE ABOVE WAR.
Incised into top right hand corner of north
face of marble block
G. E. MORGAN
Bronze plaque on marble block
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN
WORLD WAR 2 AND POST CAMPAIGNS
OVERSEAS AND AT HOME,
TO ENSURE LASTING PEACE
FOR AUSTRALIA.
Information current to November 2000
Sources: The Inglis Collection in Australian War Memorial, AWM PR 00944 6/188 462 50