Burketown War Memorial
Musgrave and Burke Streets
Burketown QLD 4830
Cairn memorial painted white on a three stepped base and concrete foundation. Three flagpoles are positioned behind the memorial. Memorial includes three plaques:
1. Dedication to the conflicts in which Australians have served.
2. Dedication to those who have died as a result of war.
3. Dedication plaque to the erection of the war memorial.
The memorial is set in a prominent memorial precinct within the centre of the town.
- Inscription
Refer to additional images.
- 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
- Vietnam War, 1962–1972
- Memorial type
- Stone/cairn/plinth
- Recorded by
- Shirley and Trevor McIvor/Cheryl Portch, Burke Shire Council
- Date recorded
- 27 February 2009