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Kogarah War Memorial

Kogarah War Memorial
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Description / Background

The Kogarah War Memorial is a sandstone column, standing on a square sandstone base. Attached to the base are granite tablets with dedications to those who have served and died in conflicts in which Australia has been involved. Positioned above the tablets, at the base of the column, are military badges. The memorial is surrounded by paving and edged with garden beds, planted with rosemary. 

This memorial cost 370 pounds and was unveiled on 11 November 1923 by Major General C H Brand (The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 1923). At the time, it was located in Gray Street, Kogarah. The memorial was moved at the request of the Kogarah RSL sub-Branch and is now located behind Jubilee Oval.

Inscription

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Those whom this monument commemorates sacrificed their lives in the Great War 1914 – 1919 that others might have freedom. Let those who come after see that their sacrifice was not in vain.

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“This memorial also commemorates those who sacrificed their lives in the Second World War 1939 – 1945 and the war in Korea 1950 – 1953, Malaya and Vietnam."

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Address
Cnr English and Park Street
Carlton NSW 2218
Local Government Area
Georges River Council
Setting
Garden/park
Location status
Moved/altered
Memorial type
Column/pillar
Recorded by
Blakehurst Public School
Year of construction
1923
Dedication date
11 November 1923
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Korean War, 1950–53
Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
Vietnam War, 1962–75
Materials
Granite
Sandstone