Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2931CC673
Site Name
Great Wars Memorial, Malacca Road, Durban
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 20:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 20:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Some of the fallen heroes names are fading.
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
Set to Commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives in World War 1 and World War 2.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Concrete
Pedestal Material
Concrete
Stones
Event Commemorated
World War 1 and 2
Inscriptions
/Erected by Public Subscription in memory of our fallen heroes in the great wars 1914-1918 1939-1945 2. Deer cravin they on fame's eternal scroll, Who played the game and won the Victor's coal 3. Wade & Son Durban 4. Union is strength Eendracht maakt macht/NB: See images for further inscriptions.
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.772647, 31.033384
KwaZulu-Natal
- eThekwini
Directions to Site
Adjacent from Mandela hall, At the circle at lovers lane take the west exit to find memorial on the left hand side of the road. On the corner of the Hammanskraal Sports Complex.
Access details
Publicly accessible.
Media
Media
Images uploaded directly to Site
Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings
Powered by Drupal
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 South Africa License.