Merchant Seamen MemorialPrint Page 
The monument commemorates merchant seamen, buried in the cemetery, who have died in the waters of South Australia from 1942 to 1974.
Location
| Address: | Port Road & High Street, Cheltenham Cemetery, Section Y. Drive D. Path 42, Cheltenham, 5014 |
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| State: | SA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.872067 Long: 138.525243 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Maritime |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1942 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1974 |
Dedication
Adelaide Cemeteries Authority
This memorial is dedicated to merchant seamen who died in South Australian waters between 1942 - 1974 and who are buried nearby in Cheltenham Cemetery
Traditionally, a diverse group of religious societies and missions provided physical. moral and spiritual support to seamen of all nationalities visiting our ports.
The memorial symbolises the seamen`s final haven
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I must go down to the seas again for the call of the running tide
is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying
And the flung spray and blown spume and the seagulls crying.
John Masefield
1878 - 1967
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