War Memorial

Point of Interest

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Second Street, Orroroo, South Australia.

Description

In the plantation street divider. A white marble memorial, comprising a statue of a soldier standing at 'Rest on Arms Reversed' with left hand over right and the muzzle of the rifle on the left boot supported behind the left leg by a tree trunk, on a capped pedestal and rough-cut granite block, that in turn is mounted on a three-tier concrete base and slab. Between the pedestal cap and its base are capped pillars at each corner symbolically forming a cenotaph. All details are in black. On the left face is a white marble plaque and a bronze plaque, on the back is a bronze plaque. The memorial is enclosed within an eight stone post and steel chain fence. Behind the monument is a flagpole.

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Location

Lat: -32.733965 Lng: 138.613048