Gladstone ANZAC Park Cenotaph

Location of Gladstone ANZAC Park Cenotaph

Intersection Tank Street and Goondoon Street
Gladstone QLD 4680

The cenotaph is on a raised tiled octaganal base with four ramps providing access from the park surrounds. Light poles stand at the entrance to the ramps. Garden beds surround the memorial. A statue of a Vietnam serviceman stands at ease atop the cenotaph. A total of 12 plaques are mounted around the cenotaph. Flagpoles are adjacent to the memorial.

  • Gladstone War Memorial - original site
  • ANZAC Park, looking south to the cenotaph from the Tank Street entrance.
  • North face of cenotaph with its re-dedication plaque at the bottom.
  • This Memorial… Mayor Peter Corones (etc. - 9 lines)
  • Western side of the memorial.
  • Western face of the cenotaph with its four conflict plaques. Boer War… Cyprus 1955 (etc. - 4 plaques - 2 lines on each plaque)
  • Southern side of the cenotaph. Plaque - Lest We Forget 1939–1945
  • Eastern face of the cenotaph with its four conflict plaques. Malaya… Lest We Forget (etc. - 4 plaques - 12 lines in total)
  • ANZAC Park, Gladstone, showing the overall layout of the memorial and its flagpoles.
  • Gladstone War Memorial - original site
  • Gladstone War Memorial - original site
  • Gladstone War Memorial - original site
  • Gladstone War Memorial - original site
Inscription

See separate list of 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
  • Gulf War, 1990–1991
  • Somalia, 1992–1994
  • Peacekeeping, 1947–present
  • Other
Memorial type
Cenotaph/shrine
Commemorative services held

ANZAC Day, Remembrance Day

Recorded by
Harry Gallaher, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum
Date recorded
24 March 2009

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