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Anzac Day 2016 in Yarloop
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The Yarloop War Memorial

The Yarloop & Districts War Memorial was built to remember those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice & their Comrades in the Great War of 1914–1919. 

Author: Yarloop War Memorial

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War Memorial Forecourt

The four marble lions were dedicated in May 1916 to the memory of Old Boys who had fallen in the Gallipoli campaign.

Author: Philip Powell

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Beechworth Servicemen's Memorial Hall History

The site of the Servicemen’s Memorial Hall was formally occupied by the Beechworth Technical School, a short-lived educational venture which closed in 1929.

Author: Beechworth Cenotaph

Centaur Park and Memorial Site situated on Caloundra Headland
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Caloundra AHS Centaur Memorial

The Centaur Memorial and Park commemorates those lives tragically lost during the sinking of Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur by a Japanese submarine on 14 May 1943.

Author: Carl McGarrity

Memorial plaques installed along the Caloundra Headland Memorial Walkway
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Caloundra Headland Memorial Walkway

On Remembrance Day 1995 the 'Caloundra Headland Memorial Walkway' was dedicated as a war memorial and a monument and plaque was installed.

Author: Carl McGarrity

King's Christian College, Reedy Creek, Qld
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Lone Pine Memorial

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing on the Gallipoli Peninsular, a Lone Pine was planted in the King's Christian College (Reedy Creek) Memorial Garden

Author: King's Christian College

The two loocal men who joined the Kangaroo March in 1915
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The Two Local Kangaroo Marchers

The plaque in the Illabo Memorial Gardens records the names of two men from the area around Illabo who joined the 1915 Kangaroo March, the country recruiting drive that began in

Author: Henry Moulds

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Cumnock Memorial Gates and Park

Located in Central West New South Wales, the village of Cumnock has a unique combined War Memorial Gates and Park.

Author: CUMNOCK WAR MEMORIAL GATES & PARK

Merimbula War Memorial
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The Beach Street War Memorial

First built in 1982 by sub-Branch members.

It was designed to signify a wave coming into ANZAC Cove Beach at Gallipoli.

Author: Merimbula RSL Sub-Branch

The text on the Dedication Plaque
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The Dedication Plaque

The elements have ravaged the plaque on the front of the Memorial Lamppost but although it is more than 100 years since their deaths these Troopers should still be remembered.

Author: Henry Moulds

FWW Honour Roll, second panel
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Roll Error

The initials on the third name on this panel should be HL, for Henry Lewis Klintworth.  There is no HS Klintworth on the AWM Roll of Honour.

Author: Henry Moulds

Bulla war memorial
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Bulla War Memorial

Erected in 1921, the granite Bulla War Memorial is of local social, historical, and architectural significance for its memorialisation of local residents' participation in the G

Author: Craigieburn War Memorial

Mickleham War Memorial
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Mickleham War memorial

Erected in about 1920, the Mickleham War Memorial is of local historical and social significance as a representative example of the simple stone memorials erected by the residen

Author: Craigieburn War Memorial

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Shellharbour War Memorial

The War Memorial consists of two memorials which were originally separate but are now firmly attached, one above the other and commemorates those from the district who

Author: Downdome

Craigieburn War Memorial
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Craigieburn War Memorial

The project to construct the Craigieburn War Memorial was commenced on the 30 December 2014 with the formation of the Craigieburn War Memorial and Remembrance Committe

Author: Craigieburn War Memorial

51st Battalion Memorial Cross
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51st Battalion Memorial Cross

The cross had originally been erected on the battlefield by Sergeant Joe Tunnecliffe of Yanchep as a memorial to those who made the supreme sacrifice during the counter attack a

Author: Faithe Jones

The youth plaque
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Youth Plaque - Yamba Fathers Memorial

The original memorial was dedicated on the 11th of August 1923.  On the 2nd of January 1949 a plaque was added, featuring the hand prints and foot prints of a child, Stanle

Author: Henry Moulds

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Norlane RSL

The War Memorial is dedicated to Australian servicemen and women who have served in all wars and conflicts.

Author: Tom Welsh

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RAAF No 2OTU Mildura Honour Roll

The RAAF No 2OTU Mildura Honour Roll is situated in the Mildura RSL Sub Branch RAAF Air Museum at Mildura Airport.  The museum was originally established by the RAAF Associ

Author: Mildura RSL Sub Branch