Arch of Victory

23 Jan 2021

Key Information

Memorial Name

Arch of Victory

Address

Sturt & Learmonth Streets, Ballarat VIC 3350

Memorial Type

Arch

Conflicts

First World War, 1914–18

Dedication Date

02 Jun 1920

Memorial Designer

Deane B White and R Ellis

Accessibility

Public

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Gail Stapleton

Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch

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Memorial Arch at the entrance to a Road of Honour

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The Arch of Victory and the Avenue of Honour

Almost 4,000 men and women from the Ballarat district enlisted for World War I. Of this number, 528 (or 1 in every 8) were killed in action or died of wounds.

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Hugh McIndo McGeachin 14/9/1894 - 11/4/1917 France

Gail Stapleton

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Boats landing under fire, soldiers in the water, on the beach and climbing escarpment at Anzac Cove in 1915. Artist: William Beckwith McInnes

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Sergeant Anthony Simpson Gilpin, 10th Battalion

Anthony Gilpin, known as “Son”, was born in Ballarat, Victoria, in 1892, the son of Alexander Gilpin and his second wife Hannah. Anthony’s father was a

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Studio portrait of three officer of the 23rd Battalion who all embarked together from Melbourne on 10 May 1915 aboard HMAT Euripides

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Capt Hugh Marcell Conran, Maj William Brazenor and Maj Eric Thomas Brind, 23rd Battalion

Studio portrait of three officer of the 23rd Battalion who all embarked together from Melbourne on 10 May 1915 aboard HMAT Euripides. Two are from Ballarat.

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