Memorial

Anzac Gallipoli Plaque

Source: David Ayling

1/2

Current Location

Battersea Park, near Millennium Arena, Carriage Drive East, Battersea, Wandsworth, Greater London, SW11 4NJ, England

TQ 27747 77161

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 12565
Description: METAL RELIEF MAP OF THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA MOUNTED ONTO A ROCK TAKEN FROM A GOLF COURSE NEXT TO BONDI BEACH, AUSTRALIA. COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE ON SIDE
Inscription: PLAQUE: THESE BOULDERS (SIC) WERE BROUGHT FROM/ BONDI BEACH TO BATTERSEA PARK/ IN HONOUR OF THE UNDYING/ ANZAC SPIRIT AND THE SHORES FROM WHICH IT CAME/ NEWS CORPORATION/ APRIL 2000 ON RELIEF MAP: ANZAC BATTLEFIELD/ ARIBURNU SAVAS ALANI/ 25.4.1915-20.12.1915/ (MAP; LIST OF PLAQUE AND MEMORIAL LOCATIONS IN GALLIPOLI)

Maker(s): DR ROSS J BASTIAAN, Designer
RAY EWERS, Sculptor
Sponsor Type: corporate
Sponsored By: Rock from Australia shipped to London by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation

Opened

25th April 1998

UNKNOWN

Unveiled

25th April 2000

UNKNOWN

Plaque

Height: 820mm

Width: 535mm

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Base

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

WFA Bulletin Oct 1998. The Gallipolian, Spring and Autumn 2000 Wandsworth Council publicity brochure circa 2000