Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2830AA37
Site Name
Moth Memorial, Union Street, Dundee
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 16:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 16:50.
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Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The MOTH memorial from Glencoe has been relocated to The Garden of Rememberance in Dundee It had been erected by the Biggarsberg Shellhole to honour the involvement of miners and their wives from Burnside mine in the war effort of 1939-1945.Purpose:
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Monument Type
Description
The MOTH order (Memorable Order of Tin Hats) was set up in 1929 to remember the men and women who died in the Great War 1914–1918.
Original Position
The obelisk was built in glencoe and is still there but the Moth parade is now celebrated at The Garden of Rememberance in Dundee on the 11th of December
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Bricks,concrete,granite
Pedestal Material
Concrete
Event Commemorated
Great war 1914-1918
Inscriptions
Erected by the Moths in memory of the fallen soldiers.
Location
Location
Mapping
-28.161838, 30.225384
KwaZulu-Natal
- Umzinyathi
- Endumeni
Directions to Site
Opposite the Commercial City Building Jamaat Khana. (Positioned in between Monty Naicker Rd and Soldiers Way road. )
Access details
Accessible to the public
Media
Media
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