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Desert Mounted Corps Memorial Bronze Bayonet

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Battaglia Bros. Foundry

1963

Overview

Bronze metallic representation of a 1903 British bayonet (blade only) that is 1 1/2 larger than the actual blade.

Historical information

In 1985 as major conservation work had just finished on the Desert Mounted Corps memorial on Mount Clarence two bayonets were stolen from the statue. The thieves were able to reach the statue due to the temporary scaffolding that was erected around the memorial to carry out the work. The bronze bayonets were reported stolen in June 1985. Then Albany Mayor June Hodgson appealed to the thieves, “I want to appeal to whoever took them to return them and to leave them somewhere where they can be recovered.” However her plea was not heard.

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Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2018.16.1

Item type

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Width

88 mm

Height or length

636 mm

Depth

29 mm

Weight

1733 g

Keywords

First World War

Desert Mounted Corps Memorial

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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Desert Mounted Corps Memorial

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Thursday, 20 June, 2024

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