Australian War Memorial, London — Attraction in London

The Australia War Memorial is one of several commemorative monuments found at the southeast corner of Hyde Park.

This is an monument and touching tribute to the 100,000+ Australians who lost their lives as part of the commonwealth forces during WWI and WWII conflicts.

Designed by Janet Laurence and architects from Tonkin Zulaikha Greer in 2003, the Australia Memorial is a semi-circular curved wall, making use of granite slates from Australia. On the wall, you can find the names of the 47 major battles in which, Australian forces were involved in the World Wars.

The Australia War Memorial is one of several nice monuments to see in this area of Hyde Park. Others include include the the Wellington Arch, Duke of Wellington Statue, Royal Artillery Memorial, Machine Gun Corp Memorial, New Zealand Memorial and across the street in Green Park, you can see the Bomber...

The Australian War Memorial on the south side of the park is dedicated in 2003. It is a wave-like curve of green granite designed by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects and artist Janet Laurence. Across the back wall are inscribed the place names of the origins of Australian service men and women (including many places outside Australia) and these merge to form the names of battle sites where Australian troops served in the First and Second World Wars. The memorial is fittingly constructed of an Australian stone, a green granitic rock called Laguna Green (also called Laguna Verde) proudly provided by the town of Jerramungup in south Western Australia. The quarries are situated around 20 km SE of the...

An interesting and respectful war memorial to Australian servicemen. The small carved names of cities, towns and villages from across Australia, the UK and elsewhere in the World represent the birthplace of the Australian Armed Forces personnel. This small writing is cleverly overlain by large slighly lighter script which details the Theatres of War in which they served. Definitely a place to visit to give thanks for their...