Corryong and District Avenue of Honour Memorial

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Wood carvings and information boards of the Corryong and District Avenue of Honour Memorial

Key information

Memorial Name:
Corryong and District Avenue of Honour Memorial
Address:

5 Towong Road
Corryong VIC 3707
Australia

Memorial Type:
Sculpture
Conflicts:
  • First World War, 1914–18
Dedication Date:
Memorial Designer:
John Brady (Woodcarving), Joe Calvert (Signage)
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Frederick Amos

When Frederick Amos was born on 1 December 1880 in New South Wales, his father, John William (1846 - 1887), was 34 and his mother, Jane Elizabeth nee Eaton (1847 - 192

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Alfred John Rixon
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Alfred John Rixon

Alfred was born on the 16th of March 1891 at Walwa, Victoria. He was one of eight children to William and Sophia (née McPherson) Rixon.

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Grave marker of Joseph Patrick Ward
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Joseph Patrick Ward

Joseph Patrick Ward was born on the 23rd of March 1884 to John and Mary Ward of Ottawa, Canada.

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Headstone of Trooper George Jeffries
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George Allan Jeffries

George Allen Jeffries was born in 1885, at Tocumwal, NSW, to George Rutherford and Anna Miller (née Forsyth) Jeffries. He was one of six children in the family.

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William Williams

William Henry Williams was supposedly born in Corryong, Victoria sometime before 1900. He was one of five children of William and Martha Williams.

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David William Eade

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

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Percival Edgar Clifton

Percy was born at Turvey, Bedfordshire in England on the 18th of January 1891, to William Arthur and Charlotte Lavinia (née Turner) Clifton.

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George Fraser
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George Christian Fraser

George Christian Fraser was born in Newton, Sydney in 1888. He was the fourth child of Angus and Mary Ann (nee Smith) Fraser.

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Michael Hickey (far right)
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Michael Hickey

Michael Hickey was born in 1898, at Mt Elliot, to Andrew and Christina (née McLean) Hickey.  He was the youngest of six siblings.

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Thomas Taylor
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Thomas Taylor

Thomas Taylor was born in Beechworth on the 10th of May, 1884.  He was the tenth of fourteen children born to Cordelia (née Jimeson) and Charles Taylor.

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Clarence Johnson
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Clarence William Johnson

Clarence was born on the 21st of April 1894 at Corowa, New South Wales. He was the third surviving child of Walter Murray and Christina (née Squires) Johnson.

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Mark Wheeler
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James Mark Wheeler

Mark  was born in 1891 at Corryong, Victoria. He was the youngest of seven children born to Charles Henry and Jane (née Bell) Wheeler.

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