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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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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Albert Mildren
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Albert Andrew Mildren

Albert was born in 1889, one of nine children to Edward King and Margaret (née Grant) Mildren.

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Herbert Johnson's grave as marked
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Herbert Calmit Johnson

Herbert was born in Gundagai, NSW, in 1895. He was the first child of Herbert and Elizabeth Waugh (née Dick).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Gilbert McCully - Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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Gilbert Lee McCully

Gilbert Lee McCully’s name appears on the Corryong State School No 1309 Roll of Honour for the 1914 – 1919 War.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Hugh Allan Harris

“At 5:30 am the calm of the night was suddenly broken by a barrage put down by the Hun across the assembly lines.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Hugh Taylor
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Hugh Taylor

Hugh Taylor was born in Stawell, Victoria, in February 1888, to John and Alice (née Rees) Taylor. He was the youngest of five children.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Stanley 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

Author: Stephen Learmonth

David Mackay
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David Glenn Mackay

David was born in Corryong in 1888 to James and Annie Glenn (née Hamilton) MacKay.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Photos

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