Memorial Walk CBD Secondary teacher resource.pdf

3 PATHWAY OF HONOUR
Background Information
Time to allow: 20 minutes.
The Pathway of Honour was established with the support of the Adelaide City Council and
named in consultation with South Australian Ex-Service Organisations in the 1990s.
The Pathway of Honour runs between King William St and Kintore Ave behind Government
House.
Women who served in World War II Commemorates all those women who served in the
Armed Forces in various roles, including nurses during World War II.
10 th Battalion (1st AIF) Commemorates the 10 th Battalion (formerly Adelaide Rifles) which
was raised in South Australia and was part of the first wave of 1500 Australian soldiers to
land at Anzac Cove Gallipoli on the morning of the 25 April 1915.
British Commonwealth Occupation Forces ( B.C.O.F) Commemorates service personnel
responsible for enforcing the terms of the surrender with the Japanese after World War II.
The Reserve Forces of South Australia Commemorates all those South Australian men and
women who have served as reserves from the Boer War onwards.
7 th Division Commemorates those who served in the Seventh Division in World War II.
Medical Corps World War II Commemorates those who served in the Medical Services
raised in South Australia during World War II, including Hospital and Field Ambulance
Units.
Malaya/Borneo Commemorates those who served in Malaya and Borneo post World War II.
2/3 rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion Commemorates a unit which was formed in South
Australia under the command of Lt Col. A.S. Blackburn V.C. and after serving in the
successful campaign in Syria in mid 1941 surrendered to the Japanese in Java (Indonesia) in
early 1942.
27 Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF) The S.A. Scottish Regiment Commemorates those
members of the S.A. Scottish community that served in this unit as part of the AIF (Australian
Imperial Forces).
Arctic Convoy Veterans Commemorates those who served in the convoys in World War II
which supplied Russia, a wartime ally, in its fight against Germany on the Eastern Front.
2/27 th Battalion (2nd AIF) Commemorates the 2/27 th Infantry Battalion which was raised in
South Australia and served in the Middle East before joining the battle of the Kokoda Track.
They also served in the "Battle of the Beachheads" which marked the end of the enemy
presence in Papua in January 1943.
Australian Special Air Service Regiment This memorial is dedicated to all members of the
Australian Special Air Service Regiment past and present and to those who have been injured
or killed in training and on operational service.
Royal Australian Artillery Commemorates members of various Artillery regiments.
Normandy Veterans Commemorates those who served at Normandy in France in 1944 in
World War II when the allies established beachheads on the French coast.
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