Bundamba War Memorial (Digger)
17 Brisbane Road
Bundamba QLD 4304
A sandstone digger with sloping rifle stands atop an elaborate memorial on a stepped base. The digger was vandalised in 2000 and destroyed. A replacement soldier statue was unveiled on Remembrance Day 2000. A black metal fence surrounds the memorial and two flagpoles are positioned at the sides.
- Inscription
The plaque reads:
Erected by the residents of Bundamba in honour of the brave men who enlisted in the AIF during the Great War 1914-1919.
Plaques list the 84 World War I names, not in alphabetical order, of which 5 are marked K for killed, 1 AK for accidentally killed, and 1 DW for died of wounds, a total of 7 who did not return. Three names are marked MM for the award of a Military Medal. Under the digger are the words For King and Empire 1914-1919.
- Conflicts commemorated
- South Africa War, 1899–1902
- 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
- Peacekeeping, 1947–present
- Memorial type
- Statue
- Additional information
The stone was unveiled by His Excellency Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams, GCM, GCB, on 29 November 1919.
- Recorded by
- Shirley and Trevor McIvor/Doug Tanner/Tanya Jen, Ipswich City Council
- Date recorded
- 20 March 2009