Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial - Ballarat

This wall honours more than 35,000 Australians who were held prisoner during the Boer War, the First World War, the Second World War and the Korean War. Between the Boer War at the turn of the last century and the Korean War in the 1950's, 34,737 Australian servicemen and women were incarcerated in Prisoner-of War (POW) camps. Many suffered inhumane and atrocious treatment from their captors. To this day there is no Memorial in Australia such as this dedicated to these Australians or any recognition of their pain and suffering endured in the service of our nation. The motto of these brave prisoners was "When you go home, tell them of us and say that we gave our tomorrow for your today". A memorial has been built in the Botanical Gardens in Ballarat.