The Garden of Remembrance, Brakpan

The Garden of Remembrance in Brakpan should rather be called the wreckage of remembrance. I am sure that when this memorial was built it was really impressive, but alas now it is a travesty. At the time of writing it did not appear that anything had been done there in years and that the memorial had been abandoned. In August 2008 I was informed that the name plaque which was on the memorial had been removed.
On 13 November 2011 I was contacted by Joe Borain who explained that the name plaque had been removed from the derelict memorial and a new Wall of Remembrance was erected at the Cosy Corner Moth Shellhole in Brenthurst, Brakpan, and the plaque had been installed there. I visited the Shellhole to view the new wall in December 2011 and was able to photograph the newly built wall at the Shellhole.

The former Memorial in Brakpan.

Partly reconstructed inscription