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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James R Wheeler
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James Rookie Wheeler

James was born in 1877 in Beechworth, Victoria. He was the eldest of four children (3 boys and 1 girl) of Charles and Emily (née Mildren).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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John Mocatta

John Norman Mocatta was born on the 22nd of October, 1890, in his home in Miller Street, South Shore, NSW.

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Private Alexander Seaton
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Alexander Galt Seaton

Alexander Seaton was born in Corryong in 1888, to Robert and Janet Alexandrina Seaton. He attended both Corryong and Mt Elliot State Schools.

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Private Stanley C Robinson
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Stanley Claude Robinson

Stanley Robinson was such an effective teacher, that the AIF wanted him to remain in Australia to instruct new recruits at the training camp at Broadmeadows, just on the outskir

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Private John Mackerrell
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John Mackerrell

John Mackerrell (also spelt MacKerral) was born on the 5th of May, 1890, at Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay, a small Scottish island of the Inner Hebrides, only 40 km north of t

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Corporal Albert J Kinght
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Albert John (Jack) Knight

Albert John Knight was born in 1883 in Adelong, NSW. He was the tenth child of George and Mary Ann (née Williams).

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Private Stanley H Bailey
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Stanley Hector Bailey

Stanley Bailey was born in 1890, one of eleven children of William and Catherine (née Fraser) of Corryong.

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