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The Cloisters commemorate 470 members of the University who served overseas in World War One, of whom 64 died in service or were killed in action.
There are two bronze plaques affixed to angled faces at the top of a polished wooden stand at the eastern end of the cloisters.
Location
| Address: | Victoria Drive, Adelaide University, Northern entrance, Adelaide, 5000 |
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| State: | SA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.918266 Long: 138.603653 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Structure |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW1 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 04-August-1914 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 28-June-1919 |
| Link: | http://www.vwma.org.au/ |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | March-1919 |
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Plaque :
These Adelaide University Union Cloisters are a memorial to the 470 members of the University who served overseas in World War I
( 1914 - 1918 )
64 of whom gave their lives for their country
"They shall not grow 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."
This plaque was sponsored by the University of Adelaide Foundation
Plaque :
"The brave and faithful dead have flung the torch of life into our hands, and we owe it to their memories to see that it burns as brightly when we pass it on.
We should honour their memory by making the University Union what it really should be - the link that binds us all together"
Vice - Chancellor Professor William Mitchell
March 1919
This plaque was sponsored by the University of Adelaide Foundation
