Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier

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national memorial tomb war memorial

The Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier is a national memorial in Canberra honoring all unidentified Australian service members who died in war.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national memorial → tomb → war memorial →
architecturalStyle	modern →
associatedWith	Australian Defence Force → Commonwealth War Graves Commission →
category	Commonwealth war graves memorial →
commemorates	Australian military personnel with no known grave → Australian service members killed in war → unknown Australian soldiers →
commemorationDay	Anzac Day → Remembrance Day →
country	Australia →
dateOfUnveiling	11 November 1993 →
hasInscription	He is one of them, and he is all of us → Known unto God →
hasNationalContext	Australian military history →
hasPart	eternal flame → inscription → sarcophagus → tomb slab →
heritageStatus	national memorial of Australia →
inception	1993 →
locatedIn	Parliamentary Triangle →
location	Australian Capital Territory → Australian War Memorial → Canberra →
managedBy	Australian War Memorial →
material	bronze → granite →
nearby	Australian War Memorial commemorative area → Hall of Memory →
ownedBy	Commonwealth of Australia →
purpose	to honour unidentified Australian war dead → to provide a focal point for national mourning →
remainsRecoveredFrom	First World War battlefield in France →
significance	focus of national Remembrance Day ceremonies → symbol of all Australians who died in war →
subjectOf	Paul Keating’s 1993 eulogy →
symbolizes	loss and anonymity of war → sacrifice of Australian Defence Force personnel →
unveiledBy	Paul Keating → Queen Elizabeth II →
unveiledOn	Remembrance Day →
warOfUnknownSoldier	First World War →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hall of Memory →	contains
Australian War Memorial →	hasPart
Hall of Memory →	visualFocus