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Woodgate Beach Centenary of Anzac Memorial

Women's Services Blade-stone obverse face
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Description

The base of the memorial is two tiers of grey coloured concrete. Mounted on the top tier are four black polished granite "blade-stones", located at each of the cardinal points of the compass. Laid in the centre of this upper tier is a black granite centre-stone, 800mm square, with the badge of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces of the First World War era etched into the surface. Etchings on the obverse faces of the "blade-stones" list each of the services: Navy, Army, Air Force and Women's Services, and the reverse faces include a historic First World War image appropriate to each of the services. There are also two flagpoles.

Inscription

"LEST WE FORGET" and "FOR ALL WHO SERVED", on two sides of the top concrete tier. "NAVY", "ARMY", "AIR FORCE" and "WOMEN'S SERVICES" on the obverse faces of the four blade stones.

Conflicts

World War I, World War II, Malayan Emergency, Korean War, Indonesian Confrontation, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Somalia, Peacekeeping

Memorial type

Stone/cairn/plinth

Contributions

Malcolm Webb of the Woodgate Beach RSL Sub Branch

Photos

Women's Services Blade-stone obverse face
Reverse face of the Air Force Blade-stone
Air Force Blade-stone obverse face
Reverse face image of the Army Blade-stone
Army Blade-stone obverse face

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