The document summarizes several memorial sites in Tamworth, Australia that honor ANZAC soldiers who fought in World War I and other conflicts. It describes the Tamworth Town Hall, opened in 1934, which honors soldiers and war workers with flags and bronze plates bearing battle names. It also mentions the Anzac Park gates from 1927 dedicated to fallen World War I soldiers, and the Waler Horse statue paying tribute to Australian and New Zealand soldiers who served with horses in various wars. It provides context about the ANZAC spirit and badges worn by the Australian Army to honor the ANZAC legacy. It concludes by noting Vietnam memorials in Bicentennial Park listing soldiers killed in that war from 1962-1973.
2. The Tamworth Town Hall was opened in 1934. It was designed as a
lasting memorial to Tamworth and district soldiers and war workers.
Large flags hang at intervals around the wall, while bronze plates carry
the names of battle areas where Australians fought during the Great
War.
The Town Hall is located on Fitzroy Street, Tamworth.
3. The Anzac Park gates are a set of main and side wrought iron gates with sandstone supports
carrying bronze wall plaques listing fallen servicemen. The central main gate has an arched
sign: "Lest we forget" in wrought iron. They are a set of memorial gates for fallen World War
I soldiers, dedicated in 1927.
Padre Walsh at the 40th
anniversary at the Anzac Park
gates.
4. The Waler Horse statue is located at the southern
end of beautiful Bicentennial Park, across the pond
from the World War II Memorial and the Man-O-
War iron gates. The bronze sculpture is a tribute
and memorial to those men of the ANZAC corps
who served in the Boer, Sudan and First World
Wars. Bicentennial Park was established to
commemorate the bicentenary in 1988 and
provides passive recreation, pathways, fountains,
sculptures and Tamworth’s fascinating history
recorded in granite.
Over half a million horses were sent to assist or
ANZAC’s in India, South Africa and World War 1
in the Middle East. Only one horse, a gelding
named Sandy survived.
5. There are a lot of ANZAC Badges but the one I’m going to show you
(on the right) is called the Rising Sun.
The Rising Sun badge, also known as the General Service Badge
or the Australian Army Badge, is the official insignia of the Australian Army.
The badge is worn on the brim of a slouch hat or the front of a peaked cap
(select appointments only) and is readily identified with the spirit of the
ANZAC, the legend of the Australian soldier (or digger), and the esprit de
corps of the Army itself, due to its association with the landings at Gallipoli in
1915.
The Anzac spirit or Anzac legend is a concept which suggests that the
soldiers possess shared characteristics. These qualities include endurance,
courage, ingenuity, good humour, larrikinism, and mateship.
Today, new recruits receive the iconic badge with their initial issue of
equipment, which happens within their first three days of enlistment.
6. Erected by the members of the Vietnam legion Veterans
Association of Australia (Tamworth) and by the generosity of the
citizens of Tamworth to honour the memory of those service -
men killed in Vietnam 1962-1973.
7. Located in Bicentennial Park is a monument
listing the names of the ANZAC soldiers who
have fought and died for their country.