Mitchell War Memorial, Cambridge St, Mitchell, QLD, Australia
Posted by: blingg
S 26° 29.327 E 147° 58.344
55J E 596912 N 7069818
The WW1 memorial in Mitchell
Waymark Code: WM14J8Y
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 07/14/2021
Views: 1
The sandstone and granite memorial sits on a stepped concrete base. Surmounting the base is a smooth faced step with a chamfered central section on each face. The corners have columns with Doric order capitals and bases which surround a recessed plates of red polished granite. The plates bear an inscription and the cut and (originally) gilded names of the 51 local who served from the First World War. The uppermost section of the front plate bears a AIF badge.Sitting in the centre of the entablature is a red granite column which sits on a square base step and is capped by a polished red granite sphere.
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