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Griffith Soldier Settlers Memorial

Griffith Soldier Settlers Memorial
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Description / Background

This memorial is a sculpture depicting two soldiers exchanging guns for farming instruments. It is cast in bronze and mounted on a large rock plinth. Surrounding this memorial are several brass memorial and narrative plaques.

Inscription

Griffith Soldier Settlers Memorial

In proud and honoured memory of some 2000 returned soldiers of the A.I.F. who came to this area at the end of the Great War 1914-1918. They cleared the virgin scrub to establish farms which have since provided the base for what is now the most progressive and productive irrigation area in Australia.

The memorial also signifies the debt we owe to those of their sons, many of whom were raised in poverty and adversity, who gave their lives during World War of 1939 - 1945.

"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them"

Lest We Forget

This memorial, financed by public subscription, was unveiled on 14th April 1990, by Mrs Berlinda Kayess, widow of an original soldier settler, and mother of a soldier killed in action in 1942 at the age of nineteen.

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Address
Intersection of Banna Avenue and Kooyoo Street
Griffith NSW 2680
Local Government Area
Griffith, City of
Setting
Roadside
Memorial type
Statue/sculpture/artwork
Recorded by
Peter Levarre-Waters
Year of construction
1990
Dedication date
14 April 1990
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45