Hobart Boer War Memorial

War Memorials in Australia

Place: Hobart, Tasmania, 7000
District: South East, Huon & Channel and Lower Derwent Valley
Orientation: State capital
Location: Queens Domain, near Hobart Aquatic Centre
Position: 42 52 58 S 147 20 02 E
Ref: 70076

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The memorial is a bronze statue of a colonial soldier standing on a sandstone column. The soldier holds binoculars and has a rifle slung over the left shoulder with the barrel pointing down. The statue looks south east. The monument is surrounded by ornate iron railings.

South face
Carved lion
Carved flowers
Carved wording:
IN MEMORIUM

Bronze plaque below
IN MEMORY OF
TASMANIAN SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN
THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
1899 -------------- 1902

	C. H. BAILEY	L. P. HUTTLEY
	T. W. BARKER	V. L. HODGMAN
	H. A. BETTS	E. R. JACSON
	H. M. BLACK	L. T. J. LETTE
	C. H. BROWN	D. M. LYNE
	J. BUTLER	B. W. C. MORRISBY
	A. BUTTON	F. E. MORRISBY
	F. G. COWELL	P. M^cLAREN
	C. CUNDY	J. ORR
	R. P. DOOLIN	R. P. PITT
	C. L. ELLIS	A. A. SALE
	E. C. EVANS	H. G. THIRLWALL
	J. PHEGAN	W. I. WADLEY
	A. E. FITZALLEN	C. H. WALTER
	T. GALVIN	J. WARBURTON
	A. GILHAM	F. A. WARNER

Granite tablet below
THIS MEMORIAL STONE
WAS LAID BY
H. R. H.
THE DUKE OF CORNWALL AND YORK
ON THE 4^TH JULY 1901.

East face
Carved wording:
IN MEMORIUM

Bronze plaque below
IN MEMORY OF
Flowers shaped into a cross
Bas-relief of a mounted soldier
Flowers shaped into a cross

West face
Carved wording:
IN MEMORIUM

Bronze plaque below
IN MEMORY OF
Flowers shaped into a cross
Bas-relief of a transport ship
Flowers shaped into a cross

North face
Carved wording:
IN MEMORIUM

Bronze plaque below
TASMANIAN CONTINGENTS.
NUMBERS, NAMES OF COMMANDING OFFICERS.
AND DATES OF DEPARTURE.

1^ST TASMANIAN CONTINGENT: 80.
CAPT. C. S^T.CLAIR CAMERON. 27^TH OCT 1899

DRAFT FOR 1^ST CONTINGENT: 47
CAPT. A. H. RIGGALL. 18^TH JAN. 1900

TASMANIAN BUSHMEN: 53
L^T. COL. E. T. WALLACK. 5^TH MAR. 1900

1^ST TASMANIAN IMPERIAL CONTINGENT: 122.
CAPT. R. C. LEWISL. 26^TH APR. 1900

2^ND TASMANIAN IMPERIAL CONTINGENT: 254
L^T. COL. E. T. WATCHORN. 27^TH MAR. 1901

"E" COMPANY 1^ST BATTALION A..C.H: 63
CAPT. A. W. B. PERCEVAL. 16^TH FEB. 1902.

"E" COMPANY 3^RD BATTALION A..C.H: 121.
CAPT. A. MORRISBY. 8^TH APR. 1902.

"C" SQUADRON 3^RD BATTALION A..C.H: 120.
CAPT. K. A. OGILVY. 21^ST MAY. 1902.

B. SHEPPARD
SCULPTOR

Information current to August 2001

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