Soldiers’ Memorial Gardens
Worlds Wars I and II
Goolwa’s Soldiers’ Memorial Gardens
Have graced the centre for nearly a century
Accepted care by Local Government
In full respect responsibility –
Rotunda stone was laid by Reverend Goss
In turbulence of Nineteen Seventeen
For gatherings and contemplation rest
To ponder what the ANZAC spirits mean –
Worlds Wars I and II, Poem by WAP, reading by daj, april 2022.
The roses in their beds
In white yellow and reds
In pink and varied soft
To commemorate the lost
By Lions, Zonta and Rotary
For the whole community –
The manicured lawns surrounds proudly
Enclos’d the honour rolls of Return’d League
Unveiled by Honourable Ritchie firstly
And then Doctor Shipway secondly
World War One and Two respectively –
Goolwa’s Soldiers’ Memorial Gardens
Complement the sub-branch rooms and cross
The statue with the names of those who serv’d
And local families who suffered loss –
The peaceful place absorb’d the atmosphere
A residents’ and callers’ legacy
We will remember them they are assur’d
How could we forget their sincerity.
5 Nov 2009, by W.A.P.
video by David Jarvis.

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