Jemma's Canberra Trip - War memorial

Today Jemma, Henry and myself visited the war memorial.  We looked at the newly refurbished WW1 display. Then we watched a dramatic presentation about "women in war".  This was a one person play where the main character was a nurse talking about what it was like to be a in WW2.  It ended with her dying on the ship home.

We looked for some Von Stieglitz names on the WW1 romm of honor.
We looked them up on this site
https://www.awm.gov.au/
That gave us the battalion and from there we could find the names on te roll.

This is the tomb of the unknown soldier.  Inside the room there are 4 large pictures.  One of a soldier, one of an airman, one of a navy officer and one of a nurse.  The 4 pillars represent each of these roles.  The 4 pillars in different shapes.  The air one is in the shape of a wing.  The nurse one is glass like the nurse memorial on Anzac parade.

Here we see Jemma looking at the "Eternal Flame"  This flame is gas powered and runs continuously to remind us of those who have died in war.

We walked down Anzac parade and looked at various memorials.

Overview of all the memorials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZAC_Parade,_Canberra

Air force memorial.

Vietnam memorial.

From http://www.vietvet.org/aussimem.htm

Inspiration finds soaring expression in the 'roof' of the memorial space. Seven metres above the podium floor, suspended from the internal walls of the three stelae is a ring made from 24 sawn black granite segments, each supported by three suspending cables. Sealed within one of the segments (it is marked with a simple cross) is a scroll, upon which have been inscribed the names of the dead.
The whole array forms a beautiful cat's cradle of wires, granite segments and transparent but substantial shifting patterns of light and shadow. In this, the designers felt that the ring's "seemingly disembodied earthliness" would recall "the sacrifices made by the individuals who fought and died;" and yet, in its inspirational form, would effect a transcendence of the past, a denial of simple mortality.