Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2931CC616
Site Name
Pearla Siedle Gibson Statue, Port Natal Maritime Museum, Durban
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 19:20
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 19:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
Women singing with passionPurpose:
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
The story behind the Legend between 1940 and 1945 three million WW2 personnel sailed through perilous waters to Durban en route to Burma and Mediterranean battlefields with morale at low EBB. They were greeted by Pearla Siedle Gibson. A international concert soprano, singing a welcome to the crowded deck Gliding by. She never missed a convoy not even the one that sailed the day she learned her eldest son had been killed while serving with the black watch in Italy.
Original Position
Yes
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Builder
Designer
Construction Materials
Concrete
Pedestal Material
Stone
Person/Institution Commemorated
Date Unveiled
Unveiled Comment
Joy Liddiard and Barrie Gibson
Inscriptions
This memorial commemorates the Women who liked to sing.
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.862085, 31.028762
KwaZulu-Natal
- eThekwini
Directions to Site
Next to ribvuye secondary on the left hand side
Access details
Access control
Media
Media
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