Atherton War Memorial, Kennedy Hwy, Atherton, QLD, Australia
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S 17° 15.754 E 145° 28.653
55K E 338157 N 8090759
The only War memorial of it's type in Queensland
Waymark Code: WM1341X
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 09/10/2020
Views: 1
The monument commemorates the sixty-seven local residents who died in service or were killed in action in World War One .On ANZAC Day,1954, a plaque was added to commemorate the thirty-five local residents who died in service or were killed in action in World War Two.
The memorial is a sandstone monument with a life sized statue of a soldier striding forward with raised arm, wearing tin helmet and gas mask holder around his neck and holding a rifle with fixed bayonet.
The monument was formerly located in the town's main intersection of Main and Vernon Streets. However it was re-located two blocks north-east to the present position in the 1980's
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 9016
Place File No: 4/06/250/0003
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status:
Registered
Year built: 1924
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