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Brunswick Heads Memorial Park and Monuments

Brunswick Heads Memorial Park and Monuments
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Description / Background

Brunswick Heads Memorial Park is located within Banner Park. The entrance to the memorial site is via a pair of white metal gates situated between two red brick columns, with a brass cross featuring a sword affixed to the front of each of the columns. A white metal arch with the words "In Remembrance" spans the two columns. The memorial features a stone remembrance wall at the rear. Three brass plaques with the emblems of the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force are situated in the centre section of the remembrance wall, with an additional brass plaque on either side of the wall listing the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved. 

A polished black granite monument, mounted on a large concrete base, is positioned in the centre of the memorial space. Inscribed in gold at the top of the monument are the emblems of the three branches of the Australian Defence Force with a dedication in gold lettering below to the memory of all service personnel from the district who served in conflicts and peace keeping operations in which Australia has been involved.

The memorial park backs on to the foreshore of Simpson's Creek, a tributary of the Brunswick River. Coastal Cypress Pines are planted in a grid formation about 4-5m apart on the foreshore, providing a place of reflection and remembrance.

Note: The NSW War Memorials Register is aware that the central monument has been upgraded since the images in this listing were taken and they do not necessarily reflect the current memorial.

Inscription

Arch

In Remembrance

Gates

RSL

Memorial Wall plaques

Top plaque

Lest we forget

Left hand plaque

1899 - 1902

Boer War

1914 - 1918

World War I

1939 - 1945

World War II

Right hand plaque

1950 - 1953

Korea

1950 - 1960

Malaya

1962-1973

Vietnam

Central Commemorative Stone

In memory of all servicemen and servicewomen

from Brunswick Heads and Billinudgel Districts

who have served and defended our nation

in all conflicts and peace keeping operations

Lest we forget

Brunswick Heads & Billinudgel R.S.L. Memorial

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Address
6 Mona Lane
Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
Local Government Area
Byron Shire
Setting
Garden/park
Memorial type
Garden/park
Gate/lychgate
Stone/bushrock
Wall
Recorded by
Mr Bob Freestone, Brunswick Heads - Billinudgel RSL Sub Branch
Year of construction
1974
Conflict/s
South African War (Boer War), 1899–1902
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Korean War, 1950–53
Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
Vietnam War, 1962–75
Materials
Brass
Brick
Granite