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Havelock avenue of honour
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Havelock's Avenue of Honour

The two newspaper reports are at variance. The Avoca Mail of 29th June 1900 states there were about 40 trees.

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BADEN-POWELL AVENUE

Avenues of Honour became popular after WW1 but their Australian origins lie in the Boer War.

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Twin Cedars War Memorial

It is made of sandstone by a local stone mason

The plaques on the front are hand carved from Tallow wood by a Master Craftsman named Don Hayman

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Korean War Memorial
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The Korean War Memorial Kings Park

In 2016, the Honorary Consul in Western Australia to the Republic of Korea, Mrs Fay Duda, was approached by a veteran at the North Beach RS

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Ronald Alwyn Grey (right)
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MAJOR GENERAL R.A. GREY, AO, DSO

Major General Ronald Alwyn Grey was born on 2 July 1930 in Perth, Western Australia, and was educated at Perth Modern School before entering the Royal Military College, Duntroon

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HMAS Yarra II
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HMAS Yarra II

At 6.30 am on 4 March 1942, the lookout in Yarra sighted a Japanese heavy cruiser squadron, each armed with ten 8-inch guns and two destroyers. 

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Stanhope Mural photo by George Gemmill
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Stanhope Mural

Stanhope is a small country town in Victoria with a population of 5oo.

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British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Memorial
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BCOF Memorial

The memorial takes the form of a semicircular stone wall in the top of which are garden beds and attached to which are 7 steel panels.

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