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Located facing Argent St in the grounds of the Courthouse is a sculptured bronze memorial to the First World War in which the ANZACS (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) lost a greater proportion of their men killed or wounded than any other nation fighting! This supreme sacrifice is commemorated every year on the 25th of April as Anzac day, which marked the starting point of the disastrous Gallipoli landings in 1915 and is particularly poignant for me as my birthday falls on the same day.

It is a sad fact that every town and city across Australia and New Zealand, no matter how small, will have one of these memorials...

The Broken Hill memorial was sculpted by noted artist Charles Webb who died one week before its unveiling in 1925.

Historical Footnote:

'On New Year's Day, 1915, Broken Hill became the site of the only outbreak of war hostilities on Australian soil. It began when a trainload of picnickers passed an ice-cream cart flying the Turkish flag at the eastern fringe of the town. Two men fired at the picnickers killing three people and wounding another six - a boy, a girl, three women and an old man. The two gunmen were locals of Turkish origin. They moved on to a cottage where they murdered the occupant and then were confronted by a party of police, soldiers and rifle-club members. After a lengthy battle the men were killed. Today there is a railway truck to mark the spot of the initial encounter (listed on the town's heritage trail) and a replica ice-cream cart at White Rocks, at the northern end of the town, where the shootout occurred.'

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