Plaque 1
Remount Park. A memorial to the Australian Light Horse.
On the site of this park there once stood a Remount Depot for the Austrlian Light Horse [ALH]. This memorial avenue traces the path followed by the ALH regiments during the campaigns of the First World War.
The delta at the start of the avenue symbolises the Nile Delta in Egypt, where the active life of the ALH began.
The texture and colour of the pathway is that of the deserts over which the Lighthorsemen fought.
Along the route the vegetation represents that found in the places where the ALH campaigns occurred. Eucalypts along the avenue are those also found in Egypt where the troops awaited their initial orders.
In the Parade Ground the sculpture "Last Farewell" captures the bond between the lighthorseman and his mount.
Plaque 2
Australian Light Horse depart Albany for Egypt Nov 1914
"Fine with fresh breeze. Sea blue with horses. Ships keeping station fair. Wireless received, notifying Britain had declared war on Turkey". Cpt C H Spurge.