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District in honour of the men who served and fell in the great war, 1914-1918", while the panel with the names of the fallen (on the same face of the monument) was headed "In memory of the men who paid the supreme sacrifice in the great war, 1914-1918". The other three panels listed the men "who served at the front". However, articles from August 1918 and July 1921 refer to listing those who had enlisted or volunteered. The names of future wars would later adorn the base of the four sides of the marble pillar:
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sea at the north end of the yard (now the northwest corner of
Freedom Park) until its removal c.1999. By late 1998 the cenotaph had been moved 30 metres (98 ft) west, as Railway Square was landscaped as part of Freedom Park, which in 2016 covered 0.82 hectares (2.0 acres) of the former railway reserve, including the former railway station building and the memorial hall. The railway station building was also moved westwards, and was rotated 180° to face the cenotaph, which was rededicated on 6 January 1999. A hollow metal world globe with
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Memorial Cenotaph, funded by public subscription, has a strong and special association with the people of Hervey Bay. Commemorations at the cenotaph reflect the wider reverence felt for war memorials across Australia. As a focus for ANZAC Day ceremonies the cenotaph is highly valued by the
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Although the line was opened in 1896, the
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Memorial Cenotaph stand within a 0.82 hectares (2.0 acres) area known as Freedom Park, on the corner of Main Street and Charles Street in the suburb of Pialba, in Hervey Bay. The site is bounded by residential properties to the west and commercial premises with parking facilities to
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Memorial Hall immediately to the north. The base of the marble pillar was inscribed with the words "This stone was
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Australian communities, Pialba was impacted by WWI, fought from 1914 to 1918. Of the 330,770 Australians who embarked for overseas service in WWI, 58,961 died and 170,909 were wounded, went missing or became prisoners of war. Even before the end of hostilities, memorials were being erected
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and Main Street, by August 1918. The location was apt, as many of the men would have departed via the railway station. The Pialba Farewell and Reception Committee (established c.1917) directed the movement, through a memorial committee. The memorial was to consist of a marble monument, with four
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by Australian communities to honour local people who had served and died. These memorials were a spontaneous and highly visible expression of national grief; substitute graves for the Australians whose bodies lay in battlefield cemeteries in Europe and the Middle East.
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edges. The pedestal has moulded, stepped sections and decorative leaded panels to each face, listing 22 men from the district who died (on the east panel) and 90 men who served (30 each on the north, west and south panels) in WWI. The decorative
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fell, represents the empty grave of those from the district who did not return. Its design and decorative treatments include classical references symbolising sympathy and mourning.
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867:'Pialba. Farewell and Reception Committee, memorial stone', Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 28 August 1920, p.4.
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932:'Pialba memorial stone', Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, 11 May 1921, p.5.
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