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'Kurrajongs' Historical Marker, Narromine
MemorialsA memorial avenue of Kurrajong Trees was originally planted by the Narromine Municipal Council along Dandaloo Street from 1917, in honour of the servicemen who fell in the First World War. The trees were removed in 1934-35 to allow the surface to receive a bitumen seal. The centre islands were added later. In 2018 the Kurrajong Trees were removed and replaced by Manchurian Pear Trees as part of the Main Street Enhancement Program. A plaque attached to a sandstone plinth is now located outside the Narromine Council Chambers in Dandaloo Street. It traces the development of the memorial avenue from Kurrajongs to Manchurian Pear Trees. It also includes the emblems of the Council and Returned Services League, Australia. The plaque was unveiled on 30 August 2020 by the Narromine Shire Mayor Craig Davies and Narromine RSL sub-Branch president Neil Richardson.
Dandaloo Street, Narromine, 2821
'Tsunami 9' Peace Garden Memorial, King's Cross
MemorialsThis memorial garden is in honour of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel who died in the crash of the 'Tsunami 9' Westland WS-61 Sea King helicopter during Operation Sumatra 2 April 2005. The helicopter and its crew were part of the Royal Australian Navy's 817 Squadron. The helicopter's registration number was N16-100 and its call sign was 'Shark 02'. The crash occurred at approximately 4pm (local time) on Nias Island, Indonesia, with 11 ADF personnel on board. They were in the region on a humanitarian mission following an earthquake.
Lawrence Hargrave Reserve, Elizabeth Bay, 2011
106 Australian Casualty Clearing Station (AIF) Plaque
MemorialsBronze plaque dedicated to the service of individuals of the 6th and 106th Casualty Clearing Stations, based in Brisbane during the Second World War. The plaque displays the unit colour patch and a dedication.
Shrine of Memories, ANZAC Square, Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia
11th Aust Infantry Bde (AIF) Porton Memorial
MemorialsPolished granite plinth containing bronze plaques in memory of members of 11th Aust Infantry Bde. The memorial is located adjacent to the Townsville Heroes Walk memorial
ANZAC Memorial Park The Strand, Townsville 4810, QLD, Australia
11th Australian Light Horse Regiment Memorial
MemorialsOrnate marble memorial dedicated to the men of the 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment, who served during the First World War. Displaying commemorative elements of crossed rifles, slouch hat, with plumes, battle honopurs and total killed and wounded during the war. Additional Information The formation of the 4th Light Horse Brigade, and the 11th Light Horse Regiment as part of it, was announced on 11 February 1915. Two squadrons of the 11th Light Horse were subsequently formed in Queensland, and a third in South Australia. The regiment was united for the first time at Fraser's Paddock Camp, outside Brisbane, on 2 May 1915. It sailed from Australia in two contingents in June 1915. The first contingent was landed at Aden on 12 July to reinforce the British garrison there against a predicted enemy attack; they re-embarked on 18 July without having seen action. The regiment was reunited in Egypt on 23 July 1915 and began training as infantry, having been ordered to leave its horses in Australia. A month later it deployed to Gallipoli. The regiment was again split up, to reinforce three light horse regiments already ashore - A Squadron went to the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron to the 5th, and C Squadron to the 9th. It was not reunited until 12 February 1916, by which time all of the AIF troops from Gallipoli had returned to Egypt. Returning to its mounted role, the 11th Light Horse joined the forces defending the Suez Canal on 20 July 1916. In ensuing months it conducted patrols and participated in several forays out into the Sinai Desert. It gained the following Battel Honours as a result of service in the war: Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915-1916, Romani, Egypt 1915-1917, Gaza-Beersheba, El Mughar, Nebi Samwill Jerusalem, Jordan (Es Salt), Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917-1918, Damascus 1918. (Source: Australian War Memorial www.awm.gov.au)
Shrine of Memories, ANZAC Square, Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia
11th Field Company Royal Australian Engineers Plaque
MemorialsBronze plaque dedicated to the memory of those who served with the 11th Field Company of the Royal Australian Engineers during the Second World War. The plaque displays the unit colour patch and dedication.
Shrine of Memories, ANZAC Square, Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia
12th Light Horse AIF Regimental Guidon Memorial Plaque, Armidale
MemorialsThis war memorial is a brass plaque located within St Peter's Cathedral in Armidale. It refers to the Regimental Guidon of the 12th Light Horse AIF that was laid up on 18 November 1990. The plaque features the coloured badge of the regiment with the motto 'Virtutis Foruna Comes', which translates to 'Fortune is the Companion of Valour'. The text on the plaque includes a dedication to those who served or died, as well as a list of areas Australians served in during the Boer War and the First World War. The memorial was dedicated on 4 November 2017 by the 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers Regiment. It is available for viewing when the church is open to the public for services.
St Peter's Cathedral, Armidale, 2350
12th and 19th Training Battalions Army National Service Memorial, Holsworthy
MemorialsLarge pale bushrock with bronze plaque, surrounded by white pebbles inside a concrete border. The memorial is located inside Holsworthy Military Base.
Holsworthy Military Base, Holsworthy, 2173
13th Battalion A.I.F. Flag
MemorialsA large, handmade silk flag, approximately 1 metre high. The flag is presented in a timber frame.
Christ Church Cathedral, The Hill, 2300
13th Battalion Memorial Tablet
MemorialsA brass plaque with letters pressed into the metal. All upper case letters are coloured red and all lower case letters are coloured black.
Christ Church Cathedral, The Hill, 2300
14 and 2 Anti Aircraft Batteries Memorial, The Garrison Church
MemorialsA brass plaque with the artillery insignia and the batteries colour insignia above the inscription. The memorial is located on the inside left wall of the church.
The Garrison Church, Holy Trinity Anglican Church,, Millers Point, 2000
14th Australian Light Horse Regiment Memorial
MemorialsBronze plaque dedicated to the memory of the members of the 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment who fell in WWI. The plaque lists 11 such individuals. Additional Information The 14th Light Horse Regiment was formed in Palestine in June 1918 from members of the Australian companies of the Imperial Camel Corps (ICC). The ICC had been disbanded because camel-mounted troops, a valuable addition to the British forces in the deserts of Egypt and the Sinai, were not suitable for the conditions being encountered in Palestine. Although many former light horse troopers were to be found in the ranks of the ICC, large numbers had also been recruited from infantry battalions and so several months of training were needed before the 14th was fit to commence operations as a horse-mounted regiment. The new regiment, along with another regiment of former cameleers - the 15th - and a regiment of French colonial cavalry, formed the 5th Light Horse Brigade, which became part of the Australian Mounted Division. The 5th Light Horse Brigade fought in only one major operation - the great offensive launched by the battle of Megiddo on 19 September 1918. On this morning British infantry opened a gap in the Turkish front to the north of Jaffa, allowing mounted forces to penetrate deep into their rear areas, severing roads, railways and communications links. In ensuing days the Turkish front collapsed and as the Turks retreated into Syria they were harried by mounted troops, supported by aircraft, in close pursuit. In ten days from 19 September, the 5th Light Horse Brigade advanced over 650 kilometres. The Brigade entered Damascus on 1 October 1918, and carried out mopping-up and garrison tasks in the vicinity of Damascus for most of October. The Brigade was moving forward to join the drive on Aleppo when Turkey surrendered on 30 October. While waiting to embark for home, the 14th Light Horse were called back to operational duty to quell the Egyptian revolt that erupted in March 1919; order was restored in little over a month. The men of the 14th Light Horse sailed for home, without their horses, which had either been shot or transferred to Indian cavalry units, on 24 July 1919. As a successor to the ICC, the 14th Light Horse inherited its battle honours. Battle Honours: Romani, Magdhaba-Rafah, Egypt 1915-1917, Gaza-Beersheba, El Mughar, Nebi Samwill Jerusalem, Jaffa, Jericho, Jordan (Es Salt), Jordan (Amman), Megiddo, Nablus, Palestine 1917-1918. (Source: Australian War Memorial www.awm.gov.au)
Shrine of Memories, ANZAC Square, Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia
15th and 2/15th Australian Battalions Memorials
MemorialsOrnate tri-dedication memorial to the 15th Bn. A.I.F., the 2/15th Bn, A.I.F., and the 15th Bn., A.M.F.. The latter of the two units were Second World War designation and represented the 2nd A.I.F. (Australian Imperial Forces), and the A.M.F. (Australian Military Forces). The memorial displays dedication components such as enamelled unit badges, wreaths, battle honours and in the case of the 15th Bn. A.I.F., the number of wounded and killed during the Great War. Additional Information The 15th Battalion AIF was raised from late September 1914, six weeks after the outbreak of the First World War. Three-quarters of the battalion were recruited as volunteers from Queensland, and the rest from Tasmania. With the 13th, 14th and 16th Battalions it formed the 4th Brigade, commanded by Colonel John Monash. The 4th Brigade landed at ANZAC late in the afternoon of 25 April 1915. After Gallipoli, the unit served on the Western Front and gained the following Battle Honours: Somme 1916, Somme 1918, Pozieres, Bullecourt, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele, Arras 1918, Ancre 1918, Hamel, Amiens, Albert 1918, Hindenburg Line, Epehy, France and Flanders 1916-1918, ANZAC, Landing at ANZAC, Defence at ANZAC, Suvla. The battalion continued operations until late September 1918. At 11.00am on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent. In November 1918, members of the AIF began to return to Australia for demobilisation and discharge. The Brisbane-based 15th Infantry Battalion C.M.F. was the "Oxley Regiment". They gained the following battle honours during WWII: South-West Pacific 1943-45, Liberation of Australian New Guinea, Tambu Bay, Sio, Adele River, Mawaraka, Mivo Ford, Lae-Nadzab. The 2/15th Battalion, A.I.F., Battalion was raised at Redbank army camp in Brisbane on 1 May 1940, as part of the 20th Brigade, 9th Division. Their Battle Honours were extensive: North Africa 1941-42, El Adem Road, Alam el Halfa, West Point 23, Finschhafen, Scarlet Beach, Bumi River, Defence of Scarlet Beach, Nongora, Borneo, Brunei, Miri, Defence of Tobruk, The Salient 1941, El Alamein, South-West Pacific 1943-45, Lae-Nadzab, Liberation of Australian New Guinea, Sio.
Shrine of Memories, ANZAC Square, Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia
18th Brigade Association Remembrance Drive Reserve, Yagoona
MemorialsThe 18th Brigade Association Remembrance Drive Reserve is a park running alongside the Hume Highway in Yagoona, NSW. It includes a bushrock memorial, with a dedication plaque attached. This memorial forms part of the Remembrance Driveway, a living memorial that runs along the Hume and Federal Highways between Sydney and Canberra.
Remembrance Driveway, Yagoona, 2199
19th Australian Field Ambulance 1939–1945 Plaque
MemorialsBronze plaque dedicated to the honour of men of the unit who served Australian in time of conflict. The simple plaque displays the unit colour patch and dedication.
Shrine of Memories, ANZAC Square, Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia
1st Aust Corps Troops Supply Column Plaque
MemorialsMarble plaque dedicated to the essential Supply Columns, that serviced all echelons of the Armed Forces during the Second War. The memorial displays enamelled unit colour patch, Battle Honours, and the unit motto 'Par Oneri'. The units served in North Africa, the Middle East, Papua New Guinea and Borneo during the war.
Shrine of Memories, ANZAC Square, Brisbane 4000, QLD, Australia
1st Australian Armoured Regiment (RNSW Lancers) Memorial
MemorialsRed brick structure with plaque and flag staff, close to barracks, dedicated to the Royal New South Wales (RNSW) Lancers.
2 Smith Street,, Parramatta, 2150
1st Australian Horse and the Australian Light Horse War Memorial, Harden
MemorialsLocal artist and stone mason, Carl Valerius, designed and created this imaginative memorial consisting of a large granite block with bronze statue and reliefs, together with a wall of remembrance and an allegorical garden. A bronze 1st Australian Horse hat badge embellishes the rock face and a full sized statue of Corporal William Bradford of the 1st Australian Horse stands along side. The western face features a sculptured relief depicting hand-to-hand fighting for the Wells of Beersheba, on 31 October 1917. A nearby stone wall has bronze plaques listing the names of original recruits to the 1st Australian Horse, 1897. At the centre of the wall is a horse trough-shaped fountain created from black granite which is reflective, and from which water overflows at each side, representing a renewal of life. Below the wall is an allegorical water garden symbolic of the coming together of people from the cities, the farms and the bush to go to war, the futility and violence of war and the eventual peace. Planting throughout the space consists of Australian plant species, together with plants native to South Africa and the Middle East. Note: The list of names below is a compilation of 1897 volunteers for the 1st Australian Horse, many of whom were later to fight in the Boer War, 1899-1902.
Cnr Bathurst and Albury Streets, Harden, 2587
1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Vietnam War Memorial, Holsworthy
MemorialsLarge bushrock with a metal sword protruding from the top of the rock, surrounded by white pebbles inside a concrete border. Two metal plaques are mounted on the rock. A history of the 1st Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) can be found on the Royal Australian Regiment Association website. The memorial is located inside the Holsworthy Military Base.
Holsworthy Military Base, Holsworthy, 2173
1st Light Horse Regiment and Headquarters 8th Division Memorial
MemorialsThis memorial is located on an unmade section of Florence Avenue, north of the intersection with Evans Avenue. It commemorates the Light Horse Regiments who trained on the site which is the former Rosebery Racecourse, prior to embarkation during the First and Second World Wars. The memorial comprises a pink coloured granite block mounted on a white marble plinth. Two bronze plaques are mounted on the granite block. Brick paving surrounds the memorial. The memorial is located on the fence line of Southern Cross Drive and as a result, traffic noise is a concern. The memorial was rededicated on Sunday, 12 August 1990. The Council has determined the memorial will be upgraded for the First World War centenary celebrations. The upgrading and landscape embellishment works to be undertaken late 2014/early 2015 will be funded by Council with Federal Government grant funds allocated to Council under the ANZAC Centenary Local Grants Program. Works will include the relocation of the memorial a few metres towards the east to allow for acoustic screening, new decorative paving surrounding the memorial, and restoration of the plaques. A new plaque to commemorate the centenary will also be installed. Bayside Council manages the site and adjoining parkland under its Pocket Park Plan of Management. For more information phone 1300 581 299.
16 Florence Avenue, Eastlakes, 2018