General News
7 November, 2025
Majorca War Memorial’s new signage to be unveiled on Remembrance Day
Over a century after the site was built, the Majorca War Memorial will soon have more to honour local soldiers at this year’s Remembrance Day ceremony.
An official unveiling of the new signage will take place at the Majorca War Memorial at this year’s particularly special Remembrance Day service.
Until recently the stone monument was the only marker on the site, first unveiled in September 1921 by Edmund Jowett, a member of parliament at the time.
Since then, the Majorca War Memorial has stood for more than 100 years as a tribute to those who served in both world wars.
Carisbrook Historical Society’s Alex Stoneman told The Advertiser in April this year that months worth of planning and preparation went into upgrading the site.
The signage will be the final installation following a series of plans to improve the site and add more commemorative aspects.
“In July 2024, a group of volunteers planted an avenue of honour at Majorca’s memorial. We think there was an avenue built there
after World War I, but it has disappeared, there is nothing there, just the memorial in the reserve with a lone pine, but nothing else,” he said.
“But the Department of Energy Environment and Climate Action has built a front fence, which has improved the appearance of the memorial, and we planted 10 algerian oaks which are very drought resistant.”
Mr Stoneman said avenues of honour and monuments like Majorca’s have long been a form of public commemoration of military service for Australia, particularly for those who never returned home.
“The soldiers were all buried where they were identified overseas, and they weren’t brought back. Families here who were grieving or lost had no chance of going to France or Belgium in the 1920s to see the grave of their children,” he said.
“So avenues of honour like these have a resonance throughout Victoria, as a memorial feature, that most places in the world don’t have.”
This year’s service will be addressed by member for Ripon Martha Haylett, Central Goldfields Shire CEO Peter Harriott, councillor Anna de Villiers, chair of the Majorca Public Hall David Willis and Danny McIver on behalf of the Maryborough RSL-sub branch.
Following the thorough process of the site’s enhancement, Mr Stoneman said he was extremely grateful for the support from all organisations involved.
“The signage was funded by a $4000 grant through the Restoring War Memorials program of the Victorian Departments of Veterans Affairs, for which we are very grateful for,” he said.
“The signage and frame was produced through a contract with Maryborough Vital Signs.”
Those attending are asked to gather at the Majorca Hall at 10 am for morning tea, with the official service starting at 10.45 am.
A minute silence will take place at 11 am, with the official unveiling to follow.