HOBART REMEMBERS, 1922

Hobart’s war memorial is described as the largest in Tasmania. It replaced a temporary wooden monument (pictured above, from the Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office) which was in place for the first Anzac Day observance in 1916. The permanent cenotaph – by definition an empty tomb – was officially unveiled on December 13, 1925, but on Anzac Day that year a casket of solid zinc was laid in the base of the memorial, containing the names of 522 Tasmanians who gave their lives in World War I. Lest we forget.

DAMIAN BESTER