Unley War Memorial

Today is Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day or Armistice Day) and is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of World War I to remember the members of our armed forces who have died in the line of duty.

Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November to recall the end of hostilities of World War I, on that date in 1918 when hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month."

The Unley War Memorial, Unley Road is a very special place. It is the nearest Solders' Memorial Garden of Honor to where we live, being a mere 2 miles away. This beautiful garden is located opposite the Unley Town Hall.
Todays blip of the memorial is not about the gun I mention below, but rather that we should remember all of those soldiers who gave their lives.

They gave everything, and this gun will always stand as a living and tangible symbol of their sacrifice, and remain in this garden, a special place dedicated for all time to the memory of those brave men. See it better in LARGE.

I did a little research and found in an old newspaper article that it was ... "an historic day in Unley, on the 31st July, 1920, at the unveiling of the old German gun which is to remain as a war memorial in the Garden of Honour. This is for the people of Unley to commemorate the memory of the brave soldiers who fell in the Great War (World War I).

This gun is a German 77 mm, and was captured at Warfusée-Abancourt in France, by the 27th Battalion on August 8, 1918."
The capture of the gun was only one of innumerable episodes which constituted an epic act of heroism, calm courage and dogged determination shown by the Australian forces during the whole of those five years.

During the war, not only were the bonds which united the Commonwealth Countries strengthened, we also saw all the barriers between different sections of the community swept away in one common cause. The cause of humanity.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.