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Every town,every memorial

Places of Pride, the National Register of War Memorials, is an Australian War Memorial initiative to record the location and photos of every war memorial across the country.

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1,053 Australians died when the Montevideo Maru was sunk by an American submarine off the coast of the Philippine island of Luzon on July 1, 1942.(AAP/Australian War Memorial)
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5 Jul 2022

80th anniversary of sinking of Montevideo Maru, Australia's worst maritime disaster, commemorated at Australian War Memorial

Descendants and families of those who died in Australia's worst maritime disaster have gathered at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, to mark the 80th

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Harry Aldridge
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5 Jul 2022

Harry Aldridge: Navigating Bomber Command

Flight Sergeant Harry Aldridge was huddled over a small desk in a Lancaster bomber, flying low over the Netherlands. Sitting in a cramped, curtained-off

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New Zealand soldiers lay poppies for fallen comrades at St Nicholas's Church in Brockenhurst on New Milton Advertiser & Lymington TImes 5 Jul 2022
Corowa War Memorial Cenotaph restored on Mirage News 5 Jul 2022
At 98 years old this Bunbury icon is on the verge of collapse on South West WA 29 Jun 2022
Call for information for Taree War Memorial Clock on Midcoast Council 22 Jun 2022
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Featured memorials

Penguin War Memorial
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Penguin War Memorial

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Penguin, Tasmania

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Geraldton War Memorial

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Geraldton, Western Australia

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Memorial Gates and Archway
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Kadina Memorial School

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Kadina, South Australia

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