Originally the Arch was built to remember the locals who went to 'the Great War' - World War One. It was built from a design by J.D. Lyons of Prospect. It was dedicated on 21st November, 1926. A painting held by the Australian War Memorial from 1956 shows a representation of the earlier design.
After it was damaged in a storm on 26th May, 1963 it was replaced with the current design, and dedicated on 19th April 1964; on the 49th anniversary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli. It has two large bronze tablets listing the locals who served in World War One, and Two, with a small one for a Rodney Chapman, who died in Vietnam on active service.
On the eastern sides of the square pillars of the Arch are two large brass tablets, with a 'heavy' green patina, that list the local soldiers of World War One, and indicates those who 'Made Supreme Sacrifice'. The southern (left-hand) one has two columns in alphabetical order, and reads:
-- Our Heroes --
Asher R. Edmunds G.W.
Baldock F.H. *Egan E.
*Barlow A.J. Finey C.
Bemold C.A. Finey D.
*Bemold L.C. *Finey H.
Bennett C.S. Giles G.H.
Bennett G. Gregory M.H.
Bennett J.L. Hamilton G.E.
Bennett T.M. Hamilton Hugh
Bridgland R. Hamilton H.
Brown V. Hamilton R.
Brown W.J. *Hardwicke H.C.
Chambers C.P. Harris A.G.
*Chinner W.P. *Haslett C.
*Clough D.K. *Hassam O.D.
Clough E.B. Herbert M.
Collard A. Hookings H.R.
*Counsell C. Hopkins G.J.
Cracknell S. Horn E.P.
*Croud A. Hoskin H.
Dakyns T. Hughes W.
Daniels S.V. James A.
Davies G. Johnstone H.
Deer G. Keane J.
Deer W. Lake W.H.
Dinning F. *Lang F.
Duffus A. Lang O.
Dunstall H. Larner C.R.
*Dyer F.G. * Made Supreme Sacrifice
While the right-hand (northern) one also has two columns of names in continuing alphabetical order, and reads as follows:
-- Our Heroes --
Laundy A. *Sievewright W.
Laundy G. Skinner A.
Laundy W. *Skinner C.
Ledbeater D. Somers S.O.
Lelliott L. Southcott M.
Lester C. Spinks F.J.
Leverington R.J. Stephens S.
Luxmoore E. Symons L.
Macklin R. Thiselton F.
*Macully A.A. Tillbrook H.J.
Martin T.E. Tillbrook W.
Morgan C. Topsfield S.
*Murphy D. *Tothill H.
Murphy W.A. Tudor J.
*Palmer G.W. Vaughton T.G.
*Palmer R.R. Viney A.L.
Pearce G. Walker R.
Pearce J.E. West F.
*Pottinger H.F. *West W.
Prior J.G. Wheatland R.
Raynor W.R. Wheatland S.
Redman D. Whitehead H.
Regan E. Whitford R.M.J.
*Regan J.E. Whiting A.J.
Roberts L.G.K. Whitworth H.
Ross B.J.W. Wood H.R.
Scott R. Woollard H.
Searson C.C. Woollard J.
Searson G.R.A. * Made Supreme Sacrifice
On the northern, and southern sides of the arch are circular tablets commemorating other wars since World War Two. [Included below, in 'Wars Mentioned']. There is a separate square plaque for Rodney Chapman, which reads:
Rodney Stewart Chapman
2nd Battalion RAR
Died on Active Service
in Vietnam
28.4.1971
Lest We Forget
A rectangular bronze plaque, with heavy green patina, embedded in the Arch reads:
This Arch of Remembrance was
Dedicated on 19 April 1964 and
replaces a similar structure
Erected in 1926 and Destroyed
by storm on May 26 1963
While, nearby on the concrete surround is a further plaque, which reads:
WAR MEMORIAL The original Arch of Remembrance was
dedicated in 1926 as Brighton's World War One Memorial.
It was designed by J.O. Lyons of Prospect who won a
competition run by The Town of Brighton.
Seriously damaged by storms in 1963, it was replaced
in 1964 on the 49th anniversary of the Anzac Landing.
Address: Esplanade (intersection of Jetty Road), Brighton, SA, 5048, Australia
Visited: 1537, Sunday, 27 May, 2018