The South African War Memorial (also known as the Boer War Memorial or, prior to 1931, the National War Memorial) is an equestrian memorial dedicated to the South Australians who served in the Second Boer War of 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902.
The South African War Memorial, unveiled on 6 June 1904, commemorates South Australians who fought in the second South African War (11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902), between Dutch-Afrikaner (Boer) settlers and Britain and her colonies.
The South African War Memorial is an equestrian memorial dedicated to the South Australians who served in the Second Boer War of 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902. It was the first war in which South Australians fought, and 1531 men were sent in nine contingents, with over 1500 horses to accompany them.
It is also known as the Fallen Soldiers Memorial and the South African War Memorial. [2] The memorial consists of a life-size statue of a digger , atop a pedestal with marble plaques stating the names and ranks of the men who died.
Capt. Adrian Jones's bronze equestrian statue, which is intended to commemorate the part which South Australians played in the South African war, and will be erected near, the entrance to the Government House at Adelaide, has been shipped by Lund's Blue Anchor liner Wakool.
The hospital’s purpose is best summed up in a memorial plaque at the entrance, it states; The Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital has been established by the Cape Region of the South African people in World War II 1939-1945.
Le Hunte commented, 'It is essentially a war statue, of action suitable to the soldiers who went to South Africa from Australia – men of action – and you will find it as fine a specimen of a soldier as you have ever seen'. The South African War Memorial was the first war memorial erected in Adelaide.
The South African War Memorial at Invercargill in c1986. Designed by Newton Vane, the monument has a drinking fountain, but the clock was added later. The debate that preceded the erection of Invercargill’s impressive two-level South African War memorial was rich with issues of identity and appropriateness.
The South African War Memorial Statue was donated by Captain J. D. Cramb. The life size bronze sculpture of an Australian soldier by James White of Sydney deteriorated quickly and was replaced The new memorial statue was unveiled on the monument by the Governor of Western Australia , His Excellency Sir Harry Barron, on the 23rd May 1915.
The location was set at the entrance to Government House on the corner of King William Street and North Terrace, just north of the South African War Memorial. Entries were limited to South Australians who were also British subjects. An assessment panel was formed to judge the 26 designs submitted.
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