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War Memorial - World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam

Location Roundabout at Wicklow Avenue, Croydon Road, Kent Avenue and Railway Crescent CROYDON, MAROONDAH CITY Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Croydon Roundabout and War

Statement of Significance

A granite war memorial obelisk erected about 1921 with later inscriptions commemorating later wars. It is socially significant to Croydon as the focus of community memory of commitment to government action in wars, and for annual commemoration of the war dead. Also, as a landmark. It is historically significant locally as a public record of the names of the dead and of the action of the community in wishing to acknowledge them. Also, architectural significance as a focal element in the urban design of Croydon and for its minimally historicist design, which is advanced for this early date.