Macedonian Community of Adelaide War MemorialPrint Page 
The Memorial commemorates Macedonians and Australians who died in service or were killed in action during both World Wars. The memorial features a portrait bust of Macedonian freedom fighter Georgi Nikolov Delchev; also known as Gotse Delchev.
Georgi Nikolov Delchev (1872–1903) was an important revolutionary figure in Ottoman-ruled Macedonia and Thrace at the turn of the 20th century. He was one of the leaders of what is commonly known today as Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), a paramilitary organization active in the Ottoman territories in Europe at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
Delchev died on May 4, 1903 in a skirmish with the Turkish police near the village of Banitsa, probably after betrayal by local villagers, as rumours asserted, while preparing the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. In 1914, with a royal decree of Tsar Ferdinand I, a pension for life was granted to his father Nikola Delchev, because of the merits of his sons to the freedom of Macedonia.
Location
| Address: | 148 Crittenden Road, Macedonian Community of Adelaide, Findon, 5023 |
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| State: | SA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.897475 Long: 138.535708 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 28th April, 1968 |
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[ Macedonian Inscription ]
This monument is erected in commemoration of those Australians and Macedonians who gave their lives in two World Wars in the defence of freedom
