AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2008
Fed: Governor-general to open Beersheba memorial
Ninety-one years after the battle of Beersheba .. Governor-General MICHAEL JEFFERY
will today dedicate the Park of the Australian Soldier.
During an hour-long battle .. 500 Australian horsemen charged across the desert sands
of Palestine to secure one of the most comprehensive yet unlikely victories of modern
military history.
They seized the town of Beersheba from a 15-hundred-strong Turkish force .. for the
loss of just 31 dead and 36 wounded.
Major General JEFFERY will officiate at the dedication of the park .. which features
the centrepiece of a horse .. the work of renowned Australian sculptor Peter Corlett ..
leaping the Turkish trenches.
A key feature of the park is a playground designed especially to be enjoyed by children
with disabilities.
The Commonwealth cemetery in Beersheba contains the graves of 1,241 dead of World War
I .. including 175 Australians.
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KEYWORD: ANZAC BEERSHEBA (CANBERRA)
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