Anzac Day 2022, poetry of a returned royal australian airforce warrant officer walter arthur pretty, read by daj.

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 –

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.