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Cor Infinitus plaque
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Cor Infinitus - Infinite Courage

The Cor Infinitus monument at Nerang RSL & Memorial Club stands as a powerful symbol of the infinite courage of our veterans and the sacrifices they made for our country.

Cor Infinitus

Victor Arthur Alfred Tucker_AWM PO6819.002
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Victor Arthur Alfred Tucker

Victor (Babe) Arthur Alfred Tucker was born on 27th March 1898 at Mannanarie, South Australia to William Henry Tucker and Emma (nee’ Robinson) Tucker.

RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Under the Union Jack

Under the Union Jack, 

Softly they sleep; 

Wattles sigh over them, 

Violets weep. 

Under the Union Jack, 

RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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No 3 Wireless Air Gunners School Memorial Wall

The RAAF Station Maryborough Memorial Wall honours 569 men who had trained or served at 3W.A.G.S and were killed in active service. Between October 1941 and December 1944,

Maryborough Military Aviation Museum Association

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Rockleigh Roll of Honour

On 22/03/25, the Interim memorial bearing the roll of honour of Rockleigh residents who served with the 1st and 2nd AIF, situated in the grounds of the Old Schoolhouse was repla

David Beckett

Shows locations of the three brothers names on the Auburn War Memorial
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Pickering brothers

The names of three brothers from the local Pickering family are recorded on the Auburn War Memorial. Two from WW1 and the other from WW2.

Matthew J Rutkin

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The Battle of Waitavolo

Bacon Hill called Mount Sugi by the Japanese was the dominant feature in the South of the Gazelle Peninsula in New Britain near the Tol Plantation.

Places of Pride

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14th Battalion, The Prahran Regiment

This building was used as a place of parade for a Company of the 14th Battalion The Prahran Regiment" rather than this Town Hall. 

Places of Pride

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Pambula and District Avenue of Honour

The Pambula and District Avenue of Honour was planted in the 1920s to honour the servicemen from this district who served in the First World War (including in France and at Gall

Pambula Wetlands and Heritage Project Inc

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National Memorial WAAAF Creek Walk

The WAAAF (Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force) Creek Walk is an enjoyable creek sidewalk lined with interpretive signage that honours and celebrates the Women's Auxiliary Au

Toongabbie cenotaph in front of the historic Mechanics Hall. There are wreaths at the base of the cenotaph from the official opening and people are gathered around the area. Four members of the RAAF base East Sale are forming the catafalque party at each corner of the cenotaph.
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Toongabbie Cenotaph Official Opening

Standing proudly at the Toongabbie (Victoria) Village Green is a cenotaph commemorating those who served and made the supreme sacrifice in WW1 and WW2.

Toongabbie Township Group

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2/3rd Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

The 2/3rd Australian Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) Regiment was raised in Melbourne on 1 July 1940, trained at Werribee Racecourse and embarked for the Middle East in December 1940.

David McDonald

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H.M.A.S. Sydney I Mast

The Bradley’s Head Naval Memorial is the site of the HMAS Sydney I memorial mast, which commemorates the “Sydney-Emden” action.

Places of Pride

The First Australian Horse on the Roll of Honour
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There Would I Die

On the Roll of Honour panels that record those who died in the conflicts between 1885 and 1902, the last of these conflicts is the South African

Henry C Moulds