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The Weeping Mother Memorial, sometimes called the Grieving Mother, commemorates those who have who died in service or were killed in action in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.  It was originally erected to commemorate those who died in service or were killed in action in World War One. 

Made of Ulam marble, the memorial features a weeping mother atop four pillars. She holds a scroll reading "Their name liveth for evermore". The pillar sits on a base of two steps and is partially covered with a tasselled shroud. It bears the leaded names of the 68 local men who fell in World War One. 

The names of those from later conflicts are recorded on the base of the pillar including two killed in the Vietnam War. On either side of the path leading to the Weeping Mother are stones carrying a plaque noting the history of an original light now housed at the Gatton and District Historical Society and an Australia Remembers 1939-1945 plaque.

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