The monument stands today in the city park of Kota Kinabalu, the capital of the Malaysian state of Sabah.

The monument originally consisted of an approximately 2.5-metre-high (8.2 ft) obelisk of granite and a cannon that were placed each on their own narrow rectangular base with semicircular ends.

Tabutea N. Thomson H.M. Woolley On the opposite side of the marble slab (west) was a bronze plaque mounted with the following inscription: In Memory Of Those Men – of –

Presented By The Returned Services League Of Australia The identical text is in gold lettering on a black plate on the earlier cannon base.

The presence of HMS Hawkins and a guard of honour, consisting the members of the Royal Navy, veterans of the First World War and the British North Borneo Armed Constabulary gave the event a military context.

Among the guests were the Governor Sir William Rycroft, Admiral Arthur Leveson, the Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak and Ms Stotter.

[5] Annual commemorations are held at the monument on Anzac Day to honour the people recognised as having sacrificed themselves for Sabah in any conflict.