Why would this be important, particularly for people back home in Australia? As he travelled with the Australian soldiers, Charles kept lots of notebooks and diaries of everything he saw. In particular, what he witnessed in while in France made him want to build a national memorial back home so that Australians had somewhere to go to remember their friends and family who had served in wartime.
It also explains why the Memorial today is different from Charles' sketch. The Google Street View window below shows you what the Memorial looks like today. You might like to open it in a full-screen click the icon in the top right corner in the window below and take a 'virtual tour'.
What can you see? How is it different from Charles' plan? What would you like to know more about? Last updated: 3 June What is a memorial? Why do we have a national war memorial? What might his job have been? Look for clues in the interactive slideshow below. Information about the reasons for decisions and the process of name gathering is often now lost.
Local newspapers or parish meeting minutes may describe discussions. For official Memorials to the Missing, the Imperial now Commonwealth War Graves Commission received instructions and casualty information from the relevant military and government sources.
Ownership or custodianship of war memorials can be complex. Local memorials were originally overseen by a committee, which was usually wound up once the memorial was dedicated. Some individuals, associations, regiments or companies or their legal successors have retained ownership of their memorial. Often there was no provision for the future care of memorials, and many local authorities have assumed responsibility.
War Memorials Trust has to guide you in identifying ownership and the legal position of war memorials. At June there were over 83, entries on the database. Local or family history societies may make their own existing research available online.
Local newspapers often reported on war memorial projects from inception to unveiling. For memorials on church property, church or parish records, including faculties licences to carry out work on Church of England churches may provide detail about the memorial project.
Local government bodies enquiring about federal government assistance in setting up war memorials and rolls of honour should contact:. Last updated: 12 May War memorials. Accession Number: H Forms for memorials Committees most often erected a cenotaph, obelisk, or statue especially of an Australian Imperial Force soldier. Honouring their service More than 90 per cent of local war memorials included a list of names. Scott, Australia during the war, the official history of Australia in the war of — , vol.
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