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

It was originally erected to commemorate those who served in World War One. The names of those who served in World War Two were added at a later date. The monument was moved from its original position on the riverbank to Doust Park. 

A handsome memorial erected by the people of Lower Southgate in honor of the men who enlisted from the district, was unveiled on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of a representative gathering of local residents and a number of visitors. The unveiling was performed by Mrs. Doust who drew aside the Union Jack and the Australian flag with which the memorial had been draped.

The memorial, which has been erected on the bank of the river, immediately above the Lower Southgate public wharf, is of column design. It is protected by a galvanised-iron railing, supported by substantial pillars at the four corners, of an eight feet square enclosure laid with cement. In the centre, resting on a solid concrete foundation, rises a reinforced concrete basement in three divisions, three foot square at bottom and five feet six inches high.  

In this are inserted five marble panels. On the basement worked in stone stands a round column with finely moulded base and cap surmounted with a gun shell on top. On front of the column in carved in high relief a rifle and sword (nearly full size), with flags and ornament intertwined. The memorial complete stands about thirteen feet high and was designed and erected by Messrs. Matheson and Collins, Grafton. 
Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW),  16 April 1919.

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