Toowoomba Naval Memorial
Dedicated to the members of the Royal Australian Navy and Allied fleets who have defended our land in times of peril, and unveiled by Vice Admiral Rodney Taylor, OA, RAN, Chief of Naval Staff, and dedicated by Senior Naval Chaplain Graeme Adsett, Toowoomba, on Sunday 26 March 1995. The Admiralty pattern anchor is that of the de-commissioned anti-submarine frigate HMAS Parramatta, and was refurbished and mounted by craftsmen of RAEME at Oakey Army Aviation Base. The name of HMAS Toowoomba will be perpetuated in the seventh of the Anzac Class frigates being built, due to be commissioned in 2002. The memorial is to commemorate all those from the Darling Downs who served at sea when the country was in peril, not only in the Royal Australian Navy, but in the Merchant Navy, and to those members of kindred fleets who came to our aid when needed. Catafalque party was mounted by young men and women from the Brisbane unit of the RANR cadets.
- Inscription
THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY AND ALLIED FLEETS WHO HAVE DEFFENDED OUR LAND IN TIMES OF PERIL
- Conflicts commemorated
- First World War, 1914–1918
- Second World War, 1939–1945
- Korean War, 1950–1953
- Vietnam War, 1962–1972
- Gulf War, 1990–1991
- Peacekeeping, 1947–present
- Unit memorials
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph/shrine
- Recorded by
- Shirley and Trevor McIvor
- Date recorded
- 1 April 2009
Nearby memorials
- 25th Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment Memorial Wall
- Drayton Memorial Cross
- Drayton Wall of Remembrance
- Harlaxton War Memorial
- Newtown State School Roll of Honour
- Newtown State School War Memorial
- No 58 Squadron Roll of Honour 1939–1945
- North Toowoomba School Honour Board
- Queensland Railways Employees Roll of Honour
- Raff Street Uniting Church Roll of Honour