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Woodward Park

Returning to Australia in May 1919, Oliver Holmes Woodward, Military Medal with Two Bars went to the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Co.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Wings of Valour

In Honour of AAFC 7 Wing WA

Author: Charles Page, AAFC Branch, RAAFA WA

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Park Wallace Park Reserve

Named after Wallace Park, who along with other soldiers, died at the battle of Lone Pine, Gallipoli on 8 August, 1915.

Author: Paul Fisher

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History of the Griffith War Memorial Museum

The site of the Griffith War Memorial Museum was originally built in the 1930’s in the Art Deco style and was designed by a local architect, Mr AB Long and built by a local name

Author: Griffith War Memorial Museum

The Fairey Firefly memorial located in Griffith NSW.
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The History of Griffith's Fairey Firefly Memorial

The history of Griffith’s Fairey Firefly War Memorial dates back to the 1960’s when Griffith local and RSL member Charlie Beltrame was attending a dinner in Canberra and struck

Author: Griffith War Memorial Museum

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History of the Mundaring War Memorial

In May 1937, the Greenmount Road Board accepted a tender from Whittaker Bros for a 36ft Oregon timber flagpole at a cost of £13/10/- to be placed at the war memorial.

Author: Lost Mundaring & Surroundings Local History Museum

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Old Frankston Memorial

The monument commemorates Australian servicemen and women who have served in all wars and conflicts.

Author: Edward Fleming

Amphitheatre Anzac Avenue
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Anzac Memorial Avenue

‘Country News’, The Argus (Melbourne, VIC), 13 Jun 1917, p11 reports the opening and naming of the Amphitheatre Anzac Avenue. 

Author: Amphitheatre Mechanics Institute

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H.M.A.S. Pirie

¹H.M.A.S. Pirie was one of fifty six Australian Minesweepers (commonly known as corvettes) built during World War 2 in Australian shipyards as part of the Commonwealth

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Paddy Bugden VC

This memorial is in honour of Patrick "Paddy" Bugden VC, who came from this district.

Author: 41st Battalion Association

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Bugden Bridge

Named in honour of Patrick "Paddy" Bugden VC.

Author: 41st Battalion Association

'Bill and Mac' - the Avenue of Honour links the two properties on which the men lived (image from information panel)
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Neighbours in life, linked after death

A brief overview of the Jarrahmond Avenue of Honour is provided on one of the information panels adjacent to the Memorial tablets, at the start of the Avenue.

Author: Henry Moulds

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Ballarat Boer War Memorial (1899-1902)

Built (Unveiled):  1st November, 1906.

Opened by:  1st Baron Northcote - Henry Stafford Northcote (GCMG, GCIE, CB, PC), 3rd Governor General of Australia.

Author: Daniel Bishop

Sergeant John Ross and Private Andrew Neal, two of the men commemorated at Tambo Upper. (AWM photos)
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Heritage Reawakened

The original Tambo Upper Avenue of Honour comprised of six flowering gums that were planted in the 1920s, in memory of six soldiers from Tambo Upper who lost their lives in the

Author: Henry Moulds

John Brady's carving of a First World War nurse
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An avenue preserved in art

Like those from almost every other community in Australia in 1914, men and women from Lakes Entrance, Victoria answered the call to arms in the name of ‘King and Empire’.

Author: Henry Moulds

The names of Sister Dorothy Elmes and Caroline Ennis on the Oxley War Memorial
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The Tragic Loss of Brave Women

In early February 1942 the Imperial Japanese forces were set to complete their conquest of Malaya with the capture of the British bastion of Singapore.

Author: Henry Moulds

41st Battalion 1st AIF Honour Roll Reproduction story
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41st Battalion 1st AIF Honour Roll Reproduction

A reproduction of the original Honour Roll, housed in the Shrine of Remembrance Crypt, beneath Anzac Square, Brisbane. This was in honour of the centennial of WW1.

Author: 41st Battalion Association