Kapooka Army Training Accident Memorial

The Kapooka Army Training Accident Memorial site was erected in May 2010 across from the original plaque.

The actual site of the bunker now lies on private land just across from the new memorial, and a change in boundary fencing means the memorial site is open to the community - previously it had been within the lines of the Kapooka Military Area.

Twenty-four young field engineer trainees and two instructors died on May 21, 1945 at the Kapooka Army base after an accidental explosion in their bunker during a training exercise. One man, who was severely injured, survived. The funeral was the biggest in Australian military history and is also believed to be the worst training accident in Australian Army history.