Salfordian
Australian Memorial - Hyde park corner, London
The design for the memorial features a long, curving wall of West Australian green granite, reflecting the sweep of the Australian landscape. The wall features names of 47 of the battle sites where Australian and British military personnel fought, superimposed upon the names of 24,000 home towns of Australian servicemen and women, many of whom were never to return home.
Battle Names
Amiens, Crete, Lone Pine, Polygon Wood
Atlantic, Damascus, Markham-Ramu, Pozieres
Bardia, Darwin, Mediterranean, Rabaul
Beersheba, El Alamein, Megiddo, Ruhr
Berlin, Fromelles, Mesopotamia, Savo Island
Bismarck Sea, Gallipoli , Messines, Singapore
Borneo, Gaza, Milne Bay, Sunda Strait
Bougainville, Imphal, Mont St Quentin, Tobruk
Brallos Pass, Indian Ocean, Normandy, Villers-Bretonneux, Bullecourt, Kokoda, North Sea, Wewak
Cocos, Keeling, Krithia, Okinawa ,Ypres
Coral Sea, Lingayen Gulf, Passchendaele
Australian Memorial - Hyde park corner, London
The design for the memorial features a long, curving wall of West Australian green granite, reflecting the sweep of the Australian landscape. The wall features names of 47 of the battle sites where Australian and British military personnel fought, superimposed upon the names of 24,000 home towns of Australian servicemen and women, many of whom were never to return home.
Battle Names
Amiens, Crete, Lone Pine, Polygon Wood
Atlantic, Damascus, Markham-Ramu, Pozieres
Bardia, Darwin, Mediterranean, Rabaul
Beersheba, El Alamein, Megiddo, Ruhr
Berlin, Fromelles, Mesopotamia, Savo Island
Bismarck Sea, Gallipoli , Messines, Singapore
Borneo, Gaza, Milne Bay, Sunda Strait
Bougainville, Imphal, Mont St Quentin, Tobruk
Brallos Pass, Indian Ocean, Normandy, Villers-Bretonneux, Bullecourt, Kokoda, North Sea, Wewak
Cocos, Keeling, Krithia, Okinawa ,Ypres
Coral Sea, Lingayen Gulf, Passchendaele