The work is divided into three sections. The middle section is dominated by three life-sized figures standing in front of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces badge. These figures represent the men of Australia’s naval and military forces and the “Roses of No Man’s Land” - the women who served in the Australian Medical Corp. Above, the newly formed Royal Australian Air force is represented by three by-planes circling the sky. A young man’s hands rest on a rifle butt, whilst a weary old soldier’s face is respectful but sad. Perhaps this old soldier remembers his lost cobbers as he reflects on his own lucky, and often remarkable, story of survival.

The scene depicted behind the sailor is of Anzac Cove and the lone pine at Gallipoli. The barren, gas-filled quagmire that was Flanders’ fields is depicted to the right of the nurse. The soldiers, nurses and horses faced this living death for months on the Somme and at Passchendaele. The soul of a dead soldier flies home, to find peace and rest under a river red gum, on the banks of the Broken Creek.

The left-hand section is a wattle and grevillea floral tribute where the names of the Nathalia fallen are recorded on forty-three red poppies. The right hand section extols each observer to remember the sacrifices made by each of these men for Australia. We must also remember the many sacrifices made by our allies.

This work also has a personal dedication by the artist to the memory of her Grandfather, whose sad world was shaped by the horror of his experiences on the Western Front – “the hell where youth and laughter” went.