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04-August-2014 (Graeme Saunders)
04-August-2014 (Graeme Saunders)

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The Soldiers War Memorial was originally erected to commemorate those from the district who served in World War One. Additional individual plaques have been added to commemorate those who lost their lives in World War One and World War Two. 

In September 1919, while soldiers were still returning from the Western Front, a meeting was held in Beachport to "consider the question of erecting a soldier's memorial to commemorate the heroism of the soldiers who left the district .... It was decided that a rotunda be erected on the foreshore, and that sufficient funds be collected." (Border Watch 19 September 1919, p. 3).  Work was underway on building the rotunda early in 1921, and it was opened later that year. 

A well attended meeting was, convened to consider the question of erecting a soldier's memorial to commemorate the heroism of the soldiers who left the district. Mr. C. Corigliano was elected president and Mr. E. J. Peake secretary, supported by a strong committee. It was decided that a rotunda be erected on the foreshore, and that sufficient funds be collected.
Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA), 19 September 1919.

Location

Address:Beach Road & Railway Terrace, Foreshore, Beachport, 5280
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.48234
Long: 140.014739
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Structure
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW1
Actual Event Start Date:04-August-1914
Actual Event End Date:28-June-1919

Dedication

Front Inscription

Plaque :

1914  1918
In everlasting memory

Beachport Soldiers War Memorial 

[ Names ]

Plaque :

1914  1918

Beachport Soldiers War Memorial

In everlasting memory of

[ Names ]

1939 - 1945
[ Names ]

Plaque :

In memory of L/ Cpl C. J. Pretty who after serving his King and country nobly at Gallipoli died at Heliopolis, Egypt  
Jan. 30th 1916.

Plaque :

In memory of Private M. Corigliano
Killed in action in France
July 20th 1916

Plaque :

In memory of Sergeant C. Hendry
Killed in action in France
April 2nd 1917.

Plaque :

In memory of Lce. Cpl. Roy C. CroweROWE
48th Battn 12th Inf. Brigade
Killed in action at Pozieres.
April 11th 1917.

Plaque :

In memory of 3697 Pte. Patrick Weir
 "A" Coy. 27th Battn A.I.F.  
Killed in action In France
Sept 2nd 1918.

Plaque : 

This plaque is a memorial to Able Seamen W. L. E. Danswan and T. W. Todd lost their lives at Beachport on 14 July 1941 when a German mine they were  destroying exploded. 

These men were the first casualties due to enemy action on Australian soil in World War II

Lest We Forget

 

Source: MA, RVWM
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