War Memorials in Australia
Keane War Memorial Gardens
Place:
Happy Valley, South Australia, 5159
District: Central (SA)
Orientation: Suburb of Adelaide
Location: Chandlers Hill Road
Position:
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Wooden sign
Insignia of City of Onkaparinga
Keane War Memorial Gardens
Bronze plaque on concrete plinth in front of sign
KEANE WAR MEMORIAL GARDENS
THESE WAR MEMORIAL GARDENS WERE ESTABLISHED
BY THE CITY OF ONKAPARINGA IN 1998 AND
OFFICIALLY OPENED BY MAYOR RAY GILBERT ON THE
17TH OF APRIL 1999
IN 1998 THE MONUMENT WAS RESTORED, ADDITIONAL
NAMES ADDED TO REFLECT SUBSEQUENT WARS AND
MOVED 50 METRES WEST OF ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION.
AT THE TIME OF THE MONUMENT'S DEDICATION IN
1921, LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN PLANTED A ROSE
GARDEN AS A MEMORIAL TO FALLEN WORLD WAR 1
SOLDIERS. ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL GARDEN HAS NOT
SURVIVED, IT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH GARDENS
WHICH ARE PREDOMINANTLY ROSES IN KEEPING WITH
THE ORIGINAL THEME. THE NEW ROSE GARDENS WERE
ESTABLISHED ALSO WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LOCAL
SCHOOL CHILDREN AND MEMBERS OF THE RETURNED &
SERVICES LEAGUE.
THESE GARDENS ARE NAMED AFTER THE KEANE FAMILY
IN RECOGNITION OF THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION
MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY TO THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY IN PEACE TIME AND IN MILITARY SERVICE.
Bronze plaque on plinth in front of flagpole
AUSTRALIA'S WAR DEAD
From the names recorded on the
national Roll of Honour
at the Australian War Memorial
BOER WAR 1899 - 1902
600
BOXER REBELLION 1900 - 1901
6
WORLD WAR 1 1914 - 1918
61,919
WORLD WAR 2 1939 - 1945
39,366
KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953
339
MALAYAN EMERGENCY 1950 - 1960
36
INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION 1963 - 1966
15
VIETNAM WAR 1962 - 1973
520
I dreams of war,
an' wot is paid
by blokes that went
an' blokes that stayed
C. J. Dennis, Digger Smith, 1918
Bronze plaque
in pavement
THESE WORDS ARE TAKEN FROM THE
EPITAPH ON THE GRAVE OF
PRIVATE W. N. SMITH,
53rd BATTALION, AGED 24,
KILLED IN ACTION 19 JULY 1916.
HE IS BURIED AT RATION FARM,
ARMENTIERES, FRANCE
Plaque in front
THESE DEEDS
WHICH SHOULD NOT PASS AWAY
NAMES THAT MUST NOT WITHER
Information current to October 2004
Sources: The information on this page has been kindly provided by Dennis and Lynda Jones and the photo by Dennis Jones.