Helidon War Memorial Cairn and Globe
Railway Street (cnr Turner Street),(21km east of Toowoomba)
Helidon QLD 4344
Helidon sandstone is used for this monument.
A carved world globe sits on top of Cairn.
Dedicated on 16 September 1978.
- Inscription
Panel 1:
NAMES OF
THE FALLEN
1914 - 1919
[17 NAMES]
Panel 2:
NAMES OF
THE FALLEN
WORLD WAR 2
AND OTHER
THEATRES OF WAR
[4 NAMES]
Panels 3 and 4:
DECEASED
MEMBERS
OF R.S.L.A.
HELIDON SUB BRANCH
[NAMES]
- 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
- Memorial type
- Stone/cairn/plinth
- Commemorative services held
- To be confirmed
- Additional information
Unveiled by Mr J N Duncan, President, Western District RSL.
The memorial was designed by Harold (Snow) Wrigglesworth, RSL President, and Keith (Joe) Jenkins, RSL Secretary.
Contructed by R C Ziegler and Son, Toowoomba Monumental Masons in 1978.
Long Tan Day is commemorated in Helidon every year beside the grave of Private Frank Topp, in the Catholic Cemetery in Helidon Dip Road.
- Recorded by
- Shirley and Trevor McIvor
- Date recorded
- 10 March 2009