A 20-year-old Cleveland man has been charged over alleged damage to a war memorial monument in Cleveland, Queensland Police said.

Police allege the man climbed onto the monument while intoxicated overnight between Nov. 7 and 8 and damaged it before leaving the scene. He presented himself at a Gold Coast police station around midday on Nov. 9.

Bayside Criminal Investigation Branch investigators charged the man with one count of wilful damage relating to cemeteries. He is expected to appear in Cleveland Magistrates Court on Dec. 8.