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Description / Background

The Albury and District War Memorial was opened on Anzac Day 1925 by General Paine.

Designed by the Architect Louis Harrison, the site was chosen by the town planner Charles Reade. The monument is a white ferro concrete tower, in the form of a tapered lighthouse painted stark white and surmounted by a 'torch of liberty'. This torch is 1.8 meters high and faced with 40 panes of prismatic glass. During the day sunlight plays through this glazing giving the torch the illusion it is lit.

The monument is located at the end of Roper Street. The tower provides a striking terminus to the vista down the street. It is similar to the Rocky Hill War Memorial Tower at Goulburn, in that it was designed to be visible at any number of positions across the town.

The memorial was originally lit by ground lights, however electric lighting was not supplied to the torch until 1995. In the same year a number of individual plaques were set in the gardens around the monument to recall those who had died in both the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Inscription

Monument plaque

Albury and District War Memorial 1914 -1919

Plaque

Albury R.S.L.
City of Albury Council
25th April 1999

Plaque

Dedicated to the men of the
2/23rd Infantry Battalion 9th Division
'Albury's Own'

Middle East- Tobruk, Tel El Eisa, El Alamein
New Guinea- Lae, Finschhafen, Sattelburg, Kuanko
Borneo- Tarakan

WWII 1940 - 1946
Lest We Forget

Plaque

Since 1947 members of the Australian Defence
Force and Police Forces have served throughout the world.

This memorial is dedicated to those
men and women who have contributed to world peace.
We remember those who were killed
in the service of peace.

Lest We Forget

Plaque

In honour of
the men & women who served
Australia in time of conflict
during the Boer War
1899 - 1902
Lest We Forget

Plaque

Dedicated to the men
of the
13th Battery
5th Field Artillery Brigade
'Allbury's Own'
WWI
1915 - 1918
Battle of Noreuil
1917
Lest We Forget

Plaque

In honour of
the men and women who served
Australia in time of conflict
during World War I
1914-1918
Lest We Forget

Plaque

In honour of
the men & women who served
Australia in time of conflict
during World War II
1939 - 1945
Lest We Forget

Plaque

In honour of
all National Servicemen who served
Australia in peace and war
1951 To 1959 - 1965 To 1972
Lest We Forget

Plaque

In honour of
the men & women who served
Australia in time of conflict
during the Vietnam War
1962 - 1973
Lest We Forget

Plaque

In honour of
the men & women who served
Australia in time of conflict
during the Malayan Emergency
1950 - 1960
Lest We Forget

Plaque

In honour of
the men & women who served
Australia in time of conflict
during the Korean War
1950 - 1953
Lest We Forget

Plaque

Albury and District War Memorial

This memorial was erected by the citizen's of Albury and district in
memory of those who gave their lives in World War I, 1914 - 1918.
The cost of 3200 pounds was raised by public subscription

The structure is 30.48m (100 feet) to the top of the beacon and is constructed of
reinforced concrete. An old brewery near the union bridge was being demolished at
the time. The bricks from there were used to make the curved buttresses.

Architect: Louis Harrison

Builder: Tom Bartleson

The monument was unveiled on Anzac Day 1925 by General JJ Paine.
All three men were citizens of Albury.

Plaque unveiled Heritage Week April 21, 1996

Mayor - Councillor Amanda Duncan Strelec

Albury and District Historical Society President - Mr Gerald

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Address

Monument Hill
Memorial Drive
Albury NSW 2640

Local Government Area

Albury, City of

Setting

Garden/park

Location status

Original location

Memorial type

Monument

Recorded by

Albury City Council; Andrew Howell; Peter Levarre Waters

Year of construction

1925

Dedication date

25 April 1925

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

Indonesian Confrontation, 1963–66

Vietnam War, 1962–75

Peacekeeping, 1947–present

Memorial	Distance
Norman Huon Memorial Tree	0.75
Noreuil Park	1.03
Commercial Club Albury War memorials	1.03
St Matthew's Church War Memorial Parish Centre (Demolished)	1.22
St Matthew's Church 2/23 A.I.F. Book of Remembrance, Albury	1.32
St Matthew's Church Great War Memorial, Albury	1.32
St Matthew's Church 2/23 A.I.F. Memorial Window, Albury	1.32
Lieutenant Colonel F.A.G. Tucker Memorial Plaque	1.32
Lieutenant Colonel R.E. Wall Memorial Plaque	1.32
Brigadier Sir Bernard Evans Memorial Plaque	1.32