www.monumentaustralia.org.au

Quorn War MemorialPrint Page Print this page

Circa 1928 : State Library of South Australia B-57353-22
Circa 1928 : State Library of South Australia B-57353-22

Photographs supplied by Roger Johnson

The monument commemorates those who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

It was originally erected returned servicemen to commemorates those who died in service or were killed in action in World War One with the names of those who died in service or were killed in action in World War Two added at a later date. 

ANZAC Day was observed at Quorn on Sunday by a memorial service and the unveiling of the soldiers' memorial to their fallen comrades. The returned men have worked hard to complete the memorial. The actual cost of the monument to the local sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. was £120, but if the work had been let by contract it would have approximated £450. The sand and cobble stones were given and carted free, the erection of the base was done by working bees and the memorial was finished off by Mr. W. W. Martin, a returned soldier. The monument was thus built wholly by returned soldiers. It stands in the gardens on Railway terrace, and faces the main road from the south.  The tablet is of grey granite and bears the names of 40 soldiers who died on active service.
The Register (Adelaide), 27 April 1923.

Location

Address:Railway Terrace, Quorn, 5433
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -32.345723
Long: 138.040545
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
View Google Map

Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Wednesday 25th April, 1923
Front Inscription

Those who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914 - 1918

[ Names ]

1939 - 1945

[ Names ]

 

Left Side Inscription

Plaque :

In memory of those who served in 

Malay Peninsula  1948 - 1960
Malay Peninsula  1964 - 1965
Korea                   1950 - 1954
Borneo                 1962 - 1966
Vietnam               1966 - 1973
Cyprus                 1964 - 1976

Lest We Forget

Plaque :

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them  

Right Side Inscription

Quorn & District

To the glory of God and the everlasting memory of our fallen comrades

This stone is reverently erected by the men who marched home

By their works ye shall know them

Source: MA,RVWM
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au