Burra Memorial

Peter Hasse

Henry Moulds

Key Information

Memorial Name

Burra Memorial

Address

Market Street, Burra SA 5417

Memorial Type

Digger

Conflicts

First World War, 1914–18

Dedication Date

29 Mar 1922

Memorial Designer

Mr. Tillett & Guy Makim

Accessibility

Public

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Australian War Memorial

Henry Moulds

Peter Hasse

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100th Anniversary of The Armistice

Remembrance Day 2018 in my home town, Burra S.A.

Re-dedication ceremony for a captured German 77mm field gun by 27th battalion on 8th August 1918 at Warfusee

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Private Albert Dew, in a cropped version of image AWM P09291.503

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Pte Albert Dew, 32nd Battalion, AIF

“A. DEW”, on the first panel for the First World War on the Burra War Memorial, was commemorated at the Last Post Ceremony at the AWM on 19th of August 2019.

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Henry Moulds

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Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Waldemar Robert Hawkes, 21 Coy Machine Gun Corps. L Cpl Hawkes, of Burra, SA, enlisted on 27 October 1914. Credit: Australian War Memorial

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Lieutenant Waldemar Robert Hawkes, 21st Australian Machine Gun Company

Waldemar Hawkes, known as “Bob”, was born on the 18th of November 1894, the second son of Waldemar Gaskell Hawkes and his wife, Isabella, of Burra, South

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James Backwell

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