Corryong War Memorial
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Donaldson Street
Corryong VIC 3707
Australia
Donaldson Street
Corryong VIC 3707
Australia
John James Edwards was born on 4th May 1888 in Albury, NSW, to John James Edwards and Caroline Elizabeth, nee Bennett.
Jack was born at the Rock, a small rural town just over 30 km from Wagga Wagga in NSW, in 1885. He was one of eleven children to Robert and Emma Florence (née Goodwin).
James Kinman Fardon was born on 10th October 1888, at Adelong, New South Wales, to James Shaw and Catherine Mary, nee Malloy. He would be one of seven children.
Arthur Cyril Ahrens was born in 1890 in Corryong, Victoria. At the time his father, Ferdinand Francis was 54 and his mother Katherine (nee Denny) was 35.
“We have been shifted from Salisbury Plain and are stationed dow at Fort Wallington, a fortress down at the south coast of England, 5 miles from Portsmouth.
William Goldspink was born on the 17th of June 1880 in Tumbarumba, NSW.
William Henry Williams was supposedly born in Corryong, Victoria sometime before 1900. He was one of five children of William and Martha Williams.
On the 4th of October, 1917, the guns of the British Second Army opened a barrage to support the beginning stages of what would become the Battle for Broodseinde Ridge
Eric was born on the 11th of January, 1870, at Berringama to John and Agnes (née Harris) Whitehead, the eldest of four children.
Percy was born at Turvey, Bedfordshire in England on the 18th of January 1891, to William Arthur and Charlotte Lavinia (née Turner) Clifton.
Tom was born on the 4th of March 1920 at Corryong, Victoria. He was one of four children to Alfred Oswald and Adelaide Maud (née Scammell).
In the early hours of the 22nd of June, 1942, 1054 prisoners of war (209 civilians and 845 military personnel) were awakened at Malaguna Road Camp on the island of New
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