The rear of the memorial is a red brick wall in front of which is a small bell tower made of steel, corrugated iron and wire mesh set on a paved court. A cross in the red brick wall is formed by white bricks. In front of the wall is a paved court flanked by hedges on east and west sides.  At the front of the paved area and on either side is a flagpole. Between the flagpoles is a boulder set on the pavement.

The bell in the bell tower was relocated from the school in Second Street in the late 1980's.  Known as the Olney Bell it is named after Flying Officer Olney, a RAAF officer who served in the Katherine area during World War II and who was killed in an aircraft crash at South Goulburn Island.

South face of brick wall

LEST WE FORGET V  WAR MEMORIAL

 
On south side of bell in bell tower
Memorial Bell
Flying Officer L J K Olney
DIED AT KATHERINE
29-5-1943
12^th Survey Design Unit
RAAF

Plaque on south side of mesh base of bell tower
THIS CENOTAPH
WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED
BY
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR
OF KATHERINE
MR. J B.FORTESCUE
ON ANZAC DAY 1989

Plaque on east side of mesh base of bell tower
THIS BELL WAS ERECTED BY
FORMER OFFICERS OF R.A.A.F.
N^o 12 SURVEY AND DESIGN UNIT
THE HEADQUARTERS OF WHICH WERE LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING
IN MEMORY OF
FLYING OFFICER
LESLEY JOHN KEITH OLNEY
KILLED IN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT
29^th MAY, 1943     AGED 35 YEARS

Plaque on west side of mesh base of bell tower
THIS BELL
WAS ORIGINALLY ERECTED
IN FRONT OF THE OLD KATHERINE
HIGH SCHOOL, SECOND STREET
KATHERINE IN 1954

IT WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF
FLYING OFFICER
LESLIE KEITH OLNEY
WHO DIED IN AN AIR CRASH
NEAR GOULBURN ISLAND IN 1943

THE BELL WAS RELOCATED TO ITS
PRESENT SITE ON ANZAC DAY 1989

On boulder
Insignia of Returned Services League

To the right (east) of this is a plaque
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
AND THE UNKNOWN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER
75TH ANNIVERSARY OF
REMEMBRANCE DAY
11.11.1993

Below the plaque is a round light and to the east of the light is a plaque
THE R.S.L. EMBLEM
WAS KINDLY DONATED
BY
ROTARY

Information current to May 2000

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