Corryong War Memorial

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corryong War Memorial

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Memorial Name:
Corryong War Memorial
Address:

Donaldson Street
Corryong VIC 3707
Australia

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Stories

Fred Gitten
Story

Frederick (Fred) Gitten

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

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Harold Crowe
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Harold Oswald Leslie Crowe

Harold was born in 1895 in Jingellic, Victoria. He was one of four sons and one daughter born to George and Jane Cathcart (née Hanna).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Thomas Shannon
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Thomas Alwyn Shannon

Alwyn was born on the 8th of June, 1900 at Fitzroy in Victoria. He would be one of six children for Thomas and Lilian Emily (née Dodd) Shannon.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Allan Jeans
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Allan Bloomfield Jeans

Allan was born at Nyah in north-west Victoria on the 12th of July 1909 to John Bloomfield (Jack) and Annie Paulina (née Haeusler) Jeans.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

John Fardon
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John Charles Fardon

John was born on the 15th of December 1918, the third of four children to Charles and Jessie Ann (née Seaton) Fardon of Corryong.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Nicholas McIllree
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Nicholas Gordon McIllree

Nicholas was born on the 25th of October 1900 at Corryong, Victoria. He was the second of four children of Robert and Laura Lindsay (née Milligan) McIllree.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Bill Ronald
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William (Bill) Alfred Ronald

Bill was born on the 1st of October 1888 at Tallangatta, Victoria. He was one of ten children to Claude Alexander and Matilda (née Price).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

James Evans
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James Alexander Evans

On the morning of the 16th of May, the 2/23rd prepared to relieve the 2/43rd Battalion in the eastern sector of the Tobruk salient.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Norm Woodhouse
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Norman Woodhouse

Norman (Norm) Woodhouse was born on the 31st of January, 1912, at Tumbarumba, NSW. He was the youngest of two children for Charles and Ellen Macbeth (née Evans).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Story

Albert (Bert) Meadows Whitehead

Bert was born at the Lighthouse, Tooma, NSW on the 1st of April 1894. His middle name, “Meadows” is after the name of the property, “The Meadows”.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Headstone of Arthur Briggs
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Arthur Graham Briggs

Arthur Graham Briggs was born in 1891 in Cudgewa, Victoria. He was the eldest of nine children to James and Emily Loiuse (nee Eames).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Alan Findlay
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Allan Dixie Findlay

Allan Dixie Findlay was born on the 17th of April, 1915, at Corryong, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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