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Hunters Hill Council Honour Rolls

The Hunters Hill Council Honour Rolls are a series of brass plaques with names engraved and gilded, located in the main meeting room in the Hunters Hill Council offices.

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War Memorial Tree, Hunters Hill

The Hunters Hill War Memorial Tree is a large Queensland Box tree. It has a brass plaque attached to a small sandstone rock immediately in front of it.

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Garden of the Grieving Mother

Of the 3,801 World War 1 service men and women commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour, 1 in 5 made the ultimate sacrifice, giving their lives.

Author: Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch

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George Devine Treloar

George Treloar, gentleman of fortune, was born 23 April 1884 in Ballarat, Victoria.

Author: Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch

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Hunters Hill War Memorial

The Hunters Hill War Memorial is a tapered granite pillar with a lamp on top. The whole structure sits on three sandstone steps.

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Harold "Pompey" Elliott

Harold Elliott was born on 19 June 1878 and grew up in poverty on his parents' farm at West Charlton. 

Author: Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch

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Sir Albert Coates

Born on 28 January 1895, Albert Coates was the eldest of seven children of the Coates family of Mt Pleasant, Ballarat. He left school at eleven years of age and worked for

Author: Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch

Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore Surf Club
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Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore Surf Life Saving Club

With the outbreak of WW2, every able bodied member of the Ballina Lighthouse & Lismore Surf Life Saving Club joined the Australian Defence Forces. 139 men in total enli

Author: 41st Battalion Association

Ballina RSL Sub-Branch War Memorial
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Ballina RSL Sub-Branch War Memorial

The Ballina RSL Sub-Branch War Memorial was originally constructed and dedicated in 1993 to replace Ballina's earlier memorial cairn at the Ballina War Memorial Pool.

Author: 41st Battalion Association

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Ballina War Memorial Pool

Originally built in 1974 as a single Olympic pool, the Ballina War Memorial Pool was totally renovated in 2018 with additional outdoor and undercover pools.

Author: 41st Battalion Association

Dalveen Hall
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Dalveen Honour Board

The Dalveen Honour Board today is housed in the Dalveen Hall.

Author: Robert Marshall

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Coffs Harbour Surf Club Memorial Wall

Dedicated to the memory of members of the Coffs Harbour Surf Club who have their lives in the service of their country.

Author: 41st Battalion Association

The plaque in the Wheatley VC Rest Area bearing the names of Harold Hillis Page DSO MC, and Robert Charles Page DSO
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Father and Son

It is not uncommon for a war memorial to feature the names of members of the same family, especially First World War memorials in smaller communities.

Author: Henry Moulds

Robert Weir's name on the Kiama Memorial Arch
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The First of Many

Inside the arch of the Kiama Memorial Arch, four panels bear the names of local citizens who have served Australia in times of war and conflict other than the First World War.

Author: Henry Moulds

The Memorial panel commemorating four Australian soldiers who drowned during a rescue effort
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They Died That Others May Live

Stories of sacrifice abound in the annals of Australians at war. The enemy though, is not always a human enemy. Sometimes it is nature that must be conquered.

Author: Henry Moulds

In Loving Memory - St Peter's Anglican Church, Port Pirie
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George Perry LeDan

George Perry LeDan was born in North Adelaide, South Australia on the 22nd May 1891 to Peter Perry and Aphrah Sarah LeDan (nee Petit).

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Gordons Sharp's medals, on display at the Australian War Memorial but without the more recent Commendation for Gallantry
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Gallantry in a rubber plantation

Seven names are listed on the Tamworth Vietnam War Memorial, local men who paid the highest price for their service.

Author: Henry Moulds

Composite image of the marble panel, bearing Jackson's name, on the gate pillar of Hillston Memorial Park, with beneath Jackson's medals on display at the AWM
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The Youngest Recipient

Every name, on every memorial, has a story behind it. Some are stories of ‘ordinary’ people who did extraordinary things.

Author: Henry Moulds

Memorial Plaque -Crystal Brook RSL
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Corporal Arthur Percy Sullivan V.C.

Arthur Percy Sullivan was born in Crystal Brook, South Australia, on the 27th November 1896. His parents were storekeepers Arthur and Eliza Sullivan (nee Dobbs).

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.