Rainbow Beach War Memorial

Location of Rainbow Beach War Memorial

Lawrie Hanson Park, 77km north-east of Gympie
Rainbow Beach QLD 4581

Sculpted slab and a garden surrounded with a low brick wall displays images of Mountains and the Moon. Three long mable panels are attached on front. New memorial dedicated on 25 April 1993.

  • Rainbow Beach War Memorial
  • Rainbow Beach War Memorial
  • Rainbow Beach War Memorial - Old Memorial
Inscription

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES FROM
THE GREAT WAR ONWARDS

Conflicts commemorated
  • First World War, 1914–1918
  • Second World War, 1939–1945
  • Malayan Emergency, 1948–1960
  • Korean War, 1950–1953
  • Indonesian Confrontation, 1962–1966
  • Vietnam War, 1962–1972
  • Gulf War, 1990–1991
  • Somalia, 1992–1994
  • Peacekeeping, 1947–present
Memorial type
Place
Additional information

RAINBOW BEACH changed their stone memorial to a sculptured slab and added landscaping by 25 April 1993.

The plaque from the stone it replaced, We shall remember them, is now at the foot of the adjacent flagpole.

Recorded by
Shirley and Trevor McIvor
Date recorded
6 March 2009