February 27, 2014
Plans to erect a six foot tall white granite statue of a World War I veteran in Kingaroy for next year’s Gallipoli centenary have moved forward with the unveiling of a model of the statue.
Craig Jessen, from K.C. Monuments in Toowoomba, brought a scale model of the statue over to Kingaroy yesterday for the Kingaroy-Memerambi RSL Sub-Branch to inspect.
The model, prepared by Craig and his cousin Karlee Rawling, took 18 hours to make and is an exact replica of the clay model which will be used as a template for the full-scale figure.
Craig said he had carefully researched all the World War I uniform details to make the figure as accurate as possible.
The 1.5 tonne statue will be cut from a block of granite and lifted into place by a crane near the catafalque in Memorial Park.
Sub-Branch president Don Davey said the plan was for it to be unveiled on Anzac Day next year, after more work was done on paving around the site.
It would be mounted at the same height as the current memorial walls in the park.
The whole centenary project is expected to cost about $30,000.
Mr Davey said the Sub-Branch had received a grant of $4000 from the Federal Government towards the cost however any donations from the public or local companies “would be most welcome”.
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