The Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery National Memorial was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Regiment’s Captain-General, on 9th March 1977, and is dedicated to the memory of Gunners, of all ranks, who gave their lives in the service of the Australian Nation.
The Memorial’s stone outer wall is symbolic of the early forts that defended many of the ports of the Australian colonies.
Inside this wall there are eight panels listing the conflicts in which Australian Gunners had served at the time of the Memorial’s construction; these are, in turn, flanked at each end with panels bearing one of the Regiment’s mottos, and its Battle Honour: Ubique (Everywhere). The Memorial plinth incorporates the Regimental badge and both a commemorative plaque and a descriptive plaque.
The plinth is flanked by two rifled muzzle loading 64 pounder guns, which were originally a part of the Sydney Harbour defences.
The site of the Memorial was selected because it is a designated saluting location and gun salutes are still fired from the Memorial. |