Gatton Boer War Memorial

Surmounting the pedestal is the digger statue which is life-sized. The soldier stands on a square plinth decorated on all faces with relief carved wreaths and festoons. His head is bowed and hands are resting on his reversed rifle. A supporting tree stump is located at the rear of the statue.

The pedestal base has a section recessed behind four Corinthian columns, with leaded marble plates on both front and back recording the names and dates and places of death of the four soldiers. The front plate also bears a bugle moulded in relief (one of the soldiers was a bugler), and the back plate (which is probably a later addition from elsewhere) has a leaded badge of the Queensland Mounted Infantry. The pedestal has a wide cornice with scroll ornament. Surmounting the monument is a life-sized statue of an Australian Light Horseman, standing to attention with arms reversed.

The original statue was of Italian marble and said to be very realistic and striking. The present statue is a sandstone replacement. The base of the statue is richly ornamented with moulded wreaths and swags.