The Botany War Memorial is located in Boralee Park, on the corner of Bay Street and Daniel Street, in the eastern suburb of Botany. It was unveiled by Governor Sir Walter Davidson KCMG on May 5th 1923. It features a luted granite column surmounted by a sphere and crown, resting on a sandstone and granite base on three steps. The names of soldiers have been engraved on polished granite. Inscription reads: Their name liveth evermore.
Dignified and solemn, as it should be.
ReplyDeleteBecause grieving parents and widows couldn't retrieve their loved ones' bodies from Europe, they would have been very grateful to have somewhere to grieve. The names on the base made it almost personal.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many of these around the world - I was struck by the fact that even tiny villages in the UK had one as well. So many names.
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
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A whole generation of young men lost
ReplyDeleteA sad memorial in a bright, blue sky.
ReplyDeleteSomehow Botany and War Memorial don't seem to fit together..unless it is not referring to Plant Biology.
ReplyDeleteAn impressive memorial!
ReplyDeleteDon't think every seem a memorial like that.
ReplyDeleteAlso took part in Sky Watch
That's interesting, Dora, because we're so used to seeing so many like this in Australia.
DeleteVery simple which lends to the focusing on the purpose of the memorial.
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