Place: Penguin, Tasmania, 7316
District: Northwest Coast
Orientation: 18 km E of Burnie
Location: Main Road, near Crescent Street
Position: 41 06 81 S     146 04 37 E
Ref: 70018

The memorial is a white painted obelisk topped by a large cross. It stands on a three-stepped base and there is a flag pole on the west side.

Marble panel on south face
Metal insignia of Australian Military Forces
IN
GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE
OF ALL THOSE FROM
THIS MUNICIPALITY
WHO SERVED IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918.
THIS MEMORIAL
IS ERECTED BY
THEIR FELLOW
CITIZENS

Marble panel on north face
Metal insignia of Australian Military Forces
SONS OF THIS PLACE
LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID
THAT YOU ARE COUNTED
WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD.
X
THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES
THAT YOU WHO LIVE MIGHT REAP
A RICHER HARVEST
ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP
X

Information current to August 2001

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