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The Telegraph Park panel showing a family's sacrifice
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A Story of Sacrifice

At the bottom of the second last panel of names on the Honour Boards in Telegraph Park, Euroa, Victoria are three names, each with a cross against them.

Author: Henry Moulds

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Beeac - My Home Town

Great to see the Beeac memorial looking so clean and well maintained.  I grew up in Beeac and enlisted in the RAN from there in 1964.  I served for 20 years including

Author: Jim Quick OAM

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Second gate

There was a second gate erected at the entrance to the Signor Campus, where a garden bed of fig trees now stands.

Author: Ross Bray

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Dedication information

The Memorial Gates were erected to commemorate those who had served in World War One.

Author: Ross Bray

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Why South Perth built a second war memorial

A War Memorial had been built in South Perth at the corner of Labouchere Road and Angelo Street in 1923, but the traffic noise and noise from the adjacent zoo became a problem.

Author: tvr

27 April 2014, the rededication of the Avenue of Honour
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The Yendon Avenue of Honour

The trees in the Avenue of Honour were planted by the community on Saturday 21 August 1920 (refer Ballarat Star 28 Aug).  In 1987 the children from the local public school

Author: Yendon History Group

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Milparinka WW1 Plaque

This project began in 2014 with the search for the names of the young men and women who had enlisted during WW1 and had a connection to Milparinka.

Author: Milparinka Heritage & Tourism Association

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Sassafras Community Hall Honour Board

The ladies of the Sassafras Methodist Church were the instigators for an honour board to be erected in the Methodist Church.  It was to commemorate the Sassafras soldiers w

Author: Sassafras community hall

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Wally Bourke

One of the young Australian Navy sailors on HMAS Sydney during the battle with the German cruiser, Emden, was Walter (Wally) Bourke.

Author: Patrick Bourke

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Shepherds Hill Complex

The Shepherds Hill Complex is unique in Australia for during 1942, it houses all three services.

Author: 41st Battalion Association

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The MacPherson boys

My four great uncles enlisted for WWI and all went overseas.

Author: Reverend Dr. Brian BAILEY

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MELTON WAR MEMORIAL ANALYSIS

Made by monumental masons Jageurs & Son, of Parkville, the Melton War Memorial has a concrete base, a stepped, rough granite pedestal, and a smooth dark grey granite ob

Author: Rebecca Hart

Unedited photo of the names listed on the centotaph
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Busselton Centotaph

The lists of the fallen are on a dark graphite background with red engraving.  In order to make the names legible I have 'lightened' the image.  This original is how t

Author: Busselton Family History Society

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Edgar Ford and Edward Wallace

Two names that are on the WW1 Dubbo Public School Honour Roll are Edgar Ford and Edward Wallace.

Author: Patrick Bourke

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Australia’s Memorial Walk

Australia’s Memorial Walk is located in a bush land setting within Sydney Harbour Federation Trust’s North Head Sanctuary.

Author: Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company