BURWOOD PARK AUSTRALIA

 BURWOOD PARK AUSTRALIA

The Burwood Sandakan Memorial is a brick and stone cenotaph, established in honour of those who died during the Sandakan Death Marches in the Second World War. 




The base of the structure is a rectangular brick plinth. Attached across its four sides are 10 bronze plaques, including nine honour rolls. These contain the names of more than 500 veterans who enlisted from the Sydney region and died as Prisoners of War in British North Borneo. The tenth plaque gives a brief history of the death marches. 


Sitting on top of the brick plinth are two granite slabs and two more bronze plaques. The top slab is smaller than the bottom slab, which also projects out over the plinth to provide protection for the plaques below.


The centre piece of the memorial sits on the top slab. It is a topographical model of the Sandakan and Ranau areas of Borneo, made of bronze. It includes the route taken on the death marches. A plaque explaining the sculpture is attached to the south face of the top slab and the dedication plaque for the memorial is positioned on the west side of the top slab. 


The memorial is located in Burwood Park. It was dedicated on 1 August 1993. It was the first of six memorials, all of similar design, built in the following suburbs: Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Maitland, Bendigo, and Brisbane. They were established by the Sandakan Memorial Foundation Ltd.


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