Commemorative plaques at the Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney.

These are the two plaques that commemorate, firstly, the opening of the War Memorial in 1934 and secondly, the opening of the Memorial extension in 2018.

The servicemen who started the drive to build this Memorial were adamant that there should be no names on plaques or names for areas or rooms. They decided that the Memorial was for fallen servicemen and women only.

The builders and architects remained true to this credo.

[Susan Wakely]

I like the idea of not including the names so as not to lose sight of the reason for the plaques.

[Maxine Lathbury]

Interesting

[Jessica Eby]

Interesting. I see their point. I have to admit, though, that not just saying the names makes me wonder which son/grandson and might distract me more than it would to just read who it was and move on. Now they've created a mystery! 😅

[Kathy]

If that was their goal (a memorial for fallen service men and women) I'm glad they stuck to that.

[Beverley]

Interesting

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice!

[Joan Robillard]

Nice

[Corinne C]

Interesting historical facts!

[Rick]

Cool.

[winghong_ho]

Nice capture.

[Casablanca]

These are great!

[Issi Bannerman]

Interesting. I'm with Jessica though ... it immediately takes my mind off to think about who the Royal relative might have been - especially the son of the king in 1934!