Remembering the fallen of Dookie

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In 1937, the Dookie RSL sub branch erected a memorial to those who fell during the First World War. In 1956, the names of the soldiers who paid the supreme sacrifice during World War II were added & the new plaque unveiled on Anzac Day 1956.

This memorial  is on the corner of Mary St & Baldock St, Dookie. The names inscribed are:

              1914-18

Alexander, A.        Hume, R.

Alexander, J.         Knox, W.

Axford, A.              Knox, W.R.

Blair, W.                 Stevens, R.

Browning, H.          Sim, W.Y.

Daniel, V.          .     Sim, A.

Hey, C.                   Taylor, J.

Hoare, P.                Watson, W. D.

 

              1939-45

Allen, W. E.            Crimmins, K. J.

Crimmins, B. L.     Priestley, D. E.

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