Roma War Memorial and Heroes Avenue, Bungil St, Roma, QLD, Australia - Australian Heritage Sites on Waymarking.com

The First World War Memorial comprises the avenues of trees and the cenotaph.The Avenue of Honour begins at The Railway Station,(s26 34.545 E148 47.559), turns right into Wyndham Street and left into Bungil Street ending just after the intersection with Hawthorne Street at the cenotaph. There are over 90 trees, all of which are bottle trees (Brachychiton rupestre).Each tree has a white painted concrete pillar on which the top face displays a bronze plaque with the name of one of the 93 local men who fell in the First World War.
The memorial located in Queen's Park comprises a cenotaph sitting on a slightly larger base, both of rock faced pale grey granite. The cenotaph has three leaded marble plaques which are recessed into the granite. The front face (facing Bungil Street) bears Laurence Binyon's ode 'To the Fallen' with a bronze AIF badge above. The rear plaque bears the 93 names of the fallen with a bronze laurel wreath above. A later plaque has been added to the eastern side to commemorate the 39 local men who fell in the Second World War.

List: Register of the National Estate Place ID: 16137 Place File No: 4/09/164/0001 URL database reference: [Web Link] Status: Registered Year built: Not listed

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