Squadron Leader Beaufort Mosman Hunter Palmer



Squadron Leader Beaufort Mosman Hunter Palmer with Prime Minister Robert Menzies, August 1940, Archerfield Formation ex Amberley

Beaufort Mosman Hunter Palmer, ‘SAVE ANZAC PARK’ campaign supporter, passed away on 22 November 2011, aged 91. His son, Toowong resident Arthur Palmer, mentioned that contributing to the campaign against BCC's proposals to desecrate the war memorial park, with a statement about his connection with ANZAC Park and the park's memorial significance, was considered by Mr Palmer as his "last fight". The statement can be found on the SAVE ANZAC PARK campaign blog HERE or on the Toowong RSL campaign blog HERE or simply read it below:

I wish to confirm that I was born at ‘Dovercourt’ Toowong in 1919 and have had a close association with ANZAC War Memorial Park since I was a small child.

I have been aware all of my life that this War Memorial Park contains a sacred avenue of palms and other trees specifically planted as memorials to individuals Servicemen who were killed at Gallipoli and in France. All of the trees bore official brass plaques with the names, serial numbers and unit badges. I am also aware that many returned servicemen’s families have placed the ashes of their loved ones in this park in good faith over many decades as a continuing practice.

It is appalling to contemplate any desecration of this sacred ground in ANZAC War Memorial Park Toowong.

Read the original statement HERE

(Posted by request of Arthur Palmer, President, West Toowong Community Association Inc.)