Tomerong Public School Anzac Memorial Garden

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The Tomerong Public School War Memorial Garden is located in the grounds of the School. It consists of three sandstone bushrocks set in a commemorative garden. Plaques are attached to the rocks, which honour each former student of Tomerong Public School who paid the supreme sacrifice. The garden was established in 1993 and the plaques were updated post the 2012 School Sesquicentenary. The plaques commemorate those former students who made the supreme sacrifice; For WW1- Sidney Alexander WATT, Abraham Henry SUFFOLK, Frederick LANGLANDS, Douglas McALISTER, Robert James SMITH. WW2- Robert McGREGOR, Sidney Borrowdale McGUIRE.

A memorial in the form of a tape recorder was originally established in 1963 with funds raised at the school's centenary. A plaque listing three students was attached to a tape recorder, serving as a practical aid for the school. Following the recorder's demise, the plaque was attached to a sandstone block in the garden. It became a central element of the school's annual Anzac Day service.

In 2013, following further research for the School's sesquicentenary and then the centenary of WWI in 2014, more names were added and the original plaque was replaced with five individual plaques. More names have yet to be added. The stories of the men from WWI has been researched and published.

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