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Greenmount War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Ramsay Street, Greenmount, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1921 to 1986. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. == History == The Greenmount War Memorial was erected , originally located near the railway station in Pilton Street, the main road between Toowoomba and Warwick. The mason for the monument was WP Prout of Warwick, who was also responsible for monuments in Allora and Killarney.〔 Greenmount was one of a number of small localities which developed as farming areas when portions of the Eton Vale, Felton and Pilton pastoral estates were resumed by the Government for closer settlement from the late 1860s to the 1880s. Greenmount developed as a township centred on the Greenmount railway station and local store, and grew during the early 1900s. Although the newly formed Cambooya Shire Council decided to erect an Honour Roll for the soldiers of the area in 1915, it was not until January 1921 that the Council decided the money raised should go towards the erection of the Shire memorial at Greenmount. No completion date for the memorial was recorded, however in 1922 the Council expressed its gratitude to the ladies of Greenmount and district for the supervision and care of the memorial. Records show that a memorial in the form of an obelisk was also constructed in Cambooya .〔 In August 1952 the Council took over the trusteeship of the monument from the Greenmount Progress Association. It was also around this time that the Council donated money towards having the names of Second World War servicemen included on the monument.〔 In 1985 the Greenmount Bicentennial Memorial Park was established in Ramsay Street adjoining the Returned Soldiers Hall. The monument, which is believed to be the only intact Digger monument by Prout in Queensland, was re-sited in the park which was officially opened in February 1986.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greenmount War Memorial」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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