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WALK WITH THE ANZACS

The Gallipoli to Armistice Trail in Maryborough on the Fraser Coast

Words and thoughts of the original Anzacs will guide visitors on a unique journey through The Great War in a memorial open in Maryborough, Queensland, on July 21, 

Soaring 8m into the air is a steel representation of the cliffs of Gallipoli. Standing in front of them is a bronze statue of a Maryborough man, Lt Duncan Chapman, who became the first Anzac when he stepped ashore from a rowed boat near dawn on April 25, 1915.

Footsteps from the statue lead to a scale model of the bow of that boat, shaped from iron bark. It carried Lt Chapman and 26 others on to the beach of what would become known as Anzac Cove. Two other bows will nose in a little further back to form the trio of boats of the 9th Battalion that landed first at Gallipoli on a faraway Sunday.

The stylised cliffs form an arbour with panels telling the story of Gallipoli, much of it seen through the eyes of Queenslanders from Wide Bay.  Inscribed pavers take visitors on to the Western Front and down a side path, past sculptures and whispering voices to an arbour dedicated to the pitiless battle of Pozieres.

The all-abilities Gallipoli to Armistice memorial is free to visit and appeals to all ages. Its path wends through pretty, peaceful Queen’s Park in stark contrast to the relentless shelling, mud, and bloody carnage of World War I.

A message of hope transcends the stories of lives sacrificed in abject horror. Old enemies became friends. The Anzac Cove stones in front of the Duncan Chapman statue and the sand in his footsteps were a gift from the Queensland Turkish Consul, Turgut Manli. He also donated the sculptured relief mask of Ataturk to the Gallipoli to Armistice memorial trail.

The Maryborough community project that started with a statue has created a rare chronological, multi-layered experience of the Great War.

Note: Duncan Chapman was the first Australian soldier ashore at Gallipoli who was born in Maryborough QLD.

Source: Visit Fraser Coast website "subject heading" Gallipoli to Armistice Memorial

Taken on: December 6, 2024

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