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12th Light Horse AIF Regimental Guidon Memorial Plaque, Armidale

12th Light Horse AIF Regimental Guidon Memorial Plaque, Armidale
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Description / Background

This war memorial is a brass plaque located within St Peter's Cathedral in Armidale. It refers to the Regimental Guidon of the 12th Light Horse AIF that was laid up on 18 November 1990. The plaque features the coloured badge of the regiment with the motto 'Virtutis Foruna Comes', which translates to 'Fortune is the Companion of Valour'. The text on the plaque includes a dedication to those who served or died, as well as a list of areas Australians served in during the Boer War and the First World War. 

The memorial was dedicated on 4 November 2017 by the 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers Regiment. It is available for viewing when the church is open to the public for services.

Inscription

The Regimental Guidon of the 12th Light Horse AIF as laid up on the 18th November 1990

South Africa 1899-1900, Rumani, Gaza Beersheba, Jordan (Es-Salt), Sharon, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-1917, Jerusalem, Megiddo, Damascus, Palestine 1917-18.

Dedicated to those who served and in memory of all who died

We will remember them

Lest we forget

Dedicated on 4th November 2017 by the 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers Regiment

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Address
St Peter's Cathedral
122 Rusden Street
Armidale NSW 2350
Local Government Area
Armidale Regional Council
Setting
Building – inside
Location status
Original location
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Graham Wilson
Year of construction
2017
Dedication date
04 November 2017
Conflict/s
South African War (Boer War), 1899–1902
First World War, 1914–18
Materials
Brass