Weeping Mother Memorial, War memorial sculpture in Gatton, Australia

The Weeping Mother Memorial is a marble sculpture in Gatton depicting a sitting mother positioned on rocks. The figure holds a scroll in her left hand while resting her chin on her right hand.

The memorial was unveiled in 1922 by Governor Sir Matthew Nathan, funded through public donations to honor the fallen. A lighting system was installed in 1933 by the Gatton Returned Services League to illuminate the monument at night.

The sculpture depicts a grieving mother, whose figure became an expression of loss for the community. Visitors can see the names of 68 men from World War I engraved here, with additional inscriptions for 23 World War II deaths and two Vietnam War soldiers.

The memorial stands in a park at Hickey Street, reached by a path from the street that passes a bottle tree. Paved pathways form a cross around the monument, with a war trophy gun at the rear and each side, and a flagpole to one side. New sandstone slabs with bronze plates flank the approach.

The weeping mother is carved from coarse Ulam marble, while finer grey-grained marble forms the columns and base and black marble tiles the floor in a chequerboard. The figure is two-thirds life size, her chin on her right hand, a scroll reading 'Their names liveth for evermore'.