Maryborough Gallipoli to Armistice War Memorial
Allan WoodwardWords and thoughts of the original Anzacs guide visitors on a unique journey through The Great War in a new memorial opened in Maryborough, Queensland, on July 21 2018.
Soaring 8m into the air is a steel representation of the cliffs of Gallipoli. Standing in front of them is a bronze statue of a Maryborough man, Lt Duncan Chapman, who became the first Anzac when he stepped ashore from a rowed boat near dawn on April 25 1915.
Footsteps from the statue lead to a scale model of the bow of that boat, shaped from ironbark. It carried Lt Chapman and 26 others on to the beach of what would become known as Anzac Cove. Two other bows will nose in a little further back to form the trio of boats of the 9th Battalion that landed first at Gallipoli on a faraway Sunday.
The stylised cliffs form an arbour with panels telling the story of Gallipoli, much of it seen through the eyes of Queenslanders from Wide Bay. Inscribed pavers take visitors on to the Western Front and down a side path, past sculptures and whispering voices to an arbour dedicated to the pitiless battle of Pozieres.
- Fraser Coast Military Trail https://militarytrail.visitfrasercoast.com/gallipoli-to-armistice-memorial/
