{"id":307090,"date":"2025-11-25T05:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307090\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T05:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:48:13","slug":"updated-man-comes-forward-after-war-memorial-sculpture-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307090\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Man comes forward after War Memorial sculpture damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-924165\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-924165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/POI-Still-Shot-badged-e1763958943419.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"445\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-924165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This man came forwards to speak to police after a sculpture at the Australian War Memorial was damaged. Photo: ACT Policing.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED, Tuesday, 25 November: Police said the man they wished to speak to after the sculpture was damaged at the Australian War Memorial has come forward and is helping them with their inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>MONDAY, 24 November: An important sculpture outside the Australian War Memorial was vandalised last month, and police have released a photograph of the man they allege inflicted the damage in an attempt to identify him.<\/p>\n<p>The sculpture, titled For Every Drop Shed in Anguish, recognises and commemorates the suffering caused by war and military service.<\/p>\n<p>An ACT Policing spokesperson alleged the man entered the grounds of the War Memorial after midnight on 23 October and damaged the sculpture with a sharp instrument.<\/p>\n<p>Police began investigating before releasing an image of the alleged vandal while asking for the public\u2019s help to identify him.<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesperson described him as Caucasian in appearance with a large build and shoulder-length brown hair. He was wearing a blue t-shirt and long brown pants at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Created by artist Alex Seton, For Every Drop Shed in Anguish is composed of 18 rounded marble pieces, some weighing up to 3000 kilograms.<\/p>\n<p>When it was officially dedicated in February 2024, the War Memorial authorities said it would provide a place at the memorial for those who have experienced and witnessed the ongoing trauma that can result from service, as well as for memorial visitors to reflect on this experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Australian War Memorial has worked with veterans and their families and advocates to commission this work of art, which represents those affected by operations and during training; in war and on peacetime service,\u201d the memorial authorities said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>If you can assist police with identifying the man, contact Crime Stoppers via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crimestoppersact.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Crime Stoppers ACT website by clicking here<\/a>. Quote 8198952.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This man came forwards to speak to police after a sculpture at the Australian War Memorial was damaged.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307091,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-307090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}