Griffith Soldier Settlers Memorial Middle Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image 0 / 0 - Prev Next Description / Background This memorial is a sculpture depicting two soldiers exchanging guns for farming instruments. It is cast in bronze and mounted on a large rock plinth. Surrounding this memorial are several brass memorial and narrative plaques. Inscription Griffith Soldier Settlers Memorial In proud and honoured memory of some 2000 returned soldiers of the A.I.F. who came to this area at the end of the Great War 1914-1918. They cleared the virgin scrub to establish farms which have since provided the base for what is now the most progressive and productive irrigation area in Australia. The memorial also signifies the debt we owe to those of their sons, many of whom were raised in poverty and adversity, who gave their lives during World War of 1939 - 1945. "At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them" Lest We Forget This memorial, financed by public subscription, was unveiled on 14th April 1990, by Mrs Berlinda Kayess, widow of an original soldier settler, and mother of a soldier killed in action in 1942 at the age of nineteen. Veterans listed on this memorial Do you know more about this war Memorial? Click here to learn how you can contribute Sidebar Address Intersection of Banna Avenue and Kooyoo Street Griffith NSW 2680 Local Government Area Griffith, City of Setting Roadside Memorial type Statue/sculpture/artwork Recorded by Peter Levarre-Waters Year of construction 1990 Dedication date 14 April 1990 Conflict/s First World War, 1914–18 Second World War, 1939–45