Semaphore War Memorial
Dedicated to all those who fell during the Great War 1914–1919.
The laying of the four corner stones was performed on Sunday afternoon (27-4-1924) by the Mayor of Port Adelaide (Mr. H. Slade), on behalf of the citizens, Mrs. Magnum on behalf of the mothers, Col. C.P. Butler on behalf of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League, and Miss E. Sanders on behalf of the widows and orphans. The corner stones are symbolical of the men who rallied from the four corners of the globe in answer to Britain's call. In a cavity a canister containing a copy of South Australian newspapers of Saturday April 26, was placed under the citizens' stone.
On 24 May 1925 the unveiling was performed by Lieutenant Colonel L O Betts O.B.E., President of the Semaphore and Port Adelaide Sub Branch R.S. & S.I.L of Australia.
This memorial was built using seventy tons of granite from the quarries at Harcourt in Victoria. Clocks are installed on each face of the monument: the structure is 27 feet high topped by a Carara marble figure of Peace.
Mr I. Topham, of Norwood, was the designer and builder. The design was selected by exhaustive ballot from the 30 designs submitted.
Semaphore War Memorial
Dedicated to all those who fell during the Great War 1914–1919.
The laying of the four corner stones was performed on Sunday afternoon (27-4-1924) by the Mayor of Port Adelaide (Mr. H. Slade), on behalf of the citizens, Mrs. Magnum on behalf of the mothers, Col. C.P. Butler on behalf of the Returned Soldiers and Sailors' Imperial League, and Miss E. Sanders on behalf of the widows and orphans. The corner stones are symbolical of the men who rallied from the four corners of the globe in answer to Britain's call. In a cavity a canister containing a copy of South Australian newspapers of Saturday April 26, was placed under the citizens' stone.
On 24 May 1925 the unveiling was performed by Lieutenant Colonel L O Betts O.B.E., President of the Semaphore and Port Adelaide Sub Branch R.S. & S.I.L of Australia.
This memorial was built using seventy tons of granite from the quarries at Harcourt in Victoria. Clocks are installed on each face of the monument: the structure is 27 feet high topped by a Carara marble figure of Peace.
Mr I. Topham, of Norwood, was the designer and builder. The design was selected by exhaustive ballot from the 30 designs submitted.