[1] Set on a granite plinth, the statue is a naturalistic bronze figure of Sir William Glasgow, wearing the uniform of an officer of the Australian Light Horse and holding a pair of field glasses.

[1] It was dedicated in a ceremony on Remembrance Day (11 November) 1966 by Sir Arthur Fadden (Australian Prime Minister in 1941).

It is in the form of a naturalistic bronze figure of Sir William, dressed in Australian Light Horse uniform and set on a granite plinth.

He served in the Boer War as a lieutenant in the 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry Contingent, when he took part in the relief of Kimberley and the occupation of Bloemfontein.

[1] After the war Glasgow returned to his hometown and took over the operation of his father's grocery store together with his brother, though he married in 1904 and purchased a cattle station in Central Queensland.

When war broke out in 1914 he was appointed to the Australian Imperial Force with the rank of major in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, which embarked for Egypt in August 1914.

Two Australian brigades, including Glasgow's, had been given the task of recapturing this village, recently taken by the Germans and a key position.

Glasgow's plan of attack differed from that put forward by the high command, but his opinion prevailed and the action was a great success, later described as a turning point in the war.

The Queensland Club set up a memorial fund and commissioned at statue by the important Australian sculptor, Daphne Mayo, in 1961.

[1] The statue depicts Glasgow in the uniform of an officer of the Light Horse holding a pair of field glasses.

The statue commemorates the role played by prominent Queenslander, Sir William Glasgow, in the major events of World War I and his service to the community.

The statue of Sir William Glasgow is important for the quality of its design and execution and the major contribution it makes to the streetscape.