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Currently I've stated that the 1924 competition was open to South Australian British citizens only. This is in keeping with most of the sources - Inglis, Veterans Affairs and Cameron. However, Richardson in his 1998 report (not the 1998 Advertiser article) states that the 1924 competition was open to British citizens, but doesn't state that they need to be South Australian. I'm looking at Richardson as the primary authority (there was a significant error in Inglis, who said that there were three competitions, and I'm not inclined to give the other two as much weight), but I've gone with the majority and stated that the 1924 competition was only open to South Australians. I'd love it if someone can clarify this for me in case I've stuffed up, though. - Bilby (talk) 16:26, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
This article has some small issues that need reoslving before it can be passed. Firstly, a ((fact)) template has been placed where a reference is needed because of the use of a direct quote. Secondly, in the construction section, I do not understand the issue over inside and outside rates so this will need to be explained further.
This is otherwise an excellent article, well referenced with good use of images. I have made a few minor changes that mainly involved removing references to authors of books outside of the reception section as it gave the article a slightly essay-like feel rather than encyclopedic. This article will be watched for seven days and if no improvement is made by then may be failed. Good luck! Million_Moments (talk) 18:08, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations, this article has now passed! The article is very good and there are not many ways I can recomend improving it except to expand it as much as possible. Though possibly impossible to get hold it, you could look for newspaper coverage from the time to be able to expand the reception section. Congratulations again, and keep up the good work! Million_Moments (talk) 10:16, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I appreciate that the memorial honours all South Australians killed in the war, not just people from Adelaide. But it's located in Adelaide, and that's more germane to how it's disambiguated than whom it is honouring, I think. People wishing to visit it need to know they have to go to Adelaide specifically, not just anywhere in SA. Should we not move it to National War Memorial (Adelaide)? -- Jack of Oz [Talk] 01:05, 23 June 2013 (UTC)
I worked on the memorial during it's restoration in 2001 and have photographs I took of the interior. Not the room but of the foundation space under the pool and the interior of the arch. These photos are of interest as these areas are not normally accessible (according to the caretaker who has looked after the site since WWII, I was actually the first person to enter the top of the arch since he'd been there). Inside the arch, the construction workers had carved their names, addresses and the period they worked on the memorial. I will have a look for the photos and upload a few to commons when I have time. One item not mentioned in the article that I think may be relevant is the coin on the south-west face. Considering the effort many people make trying to remove it I would think it deserves a mention.
The following is general information of interest only rather than something for the article. The interior of the arch was fitted with light bulbs and it was discovered that they were connected to the memorial lighting so that they were lit whenever the memorial room lights were on. Almost all the bulbs, which were standard household bulbs, still worked after 70 years of daily use. In the foundation space we found that all the 1928 wooden formwork for the concrete was still in place. When the concrete foundations and supporting columns were tested it was found that the concrete had deteriorated to the extent that, in the words of the testing engineer, it was of "comparable strength to that of a concrete path a home handyman would lay in his backyard." The bottom of the pool was also the roof of the foundation space and that concrete had become porous and there was considerable leaking. Apparently, if the foundations had not been restored the entire building would likely have collapsed within a few years. Both my father and grandfather worked on the memorial as employees of Tilletts. Wayne (talk) 07:58, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
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