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Enlistment photo - August 21st 1917
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Harrold Frederick Illman

Harrold Frederick (Mick) Illman was born on 13th January 1898 in Crystal Brook, South Australia to John Willian Illman and Annie Lawson Illman nee’ Hoskins.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Billy Swingler
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William (Billy) Vernon Swingler

William (Billy) Vernon Swingler was born on 6 May 1897, the youngest of two children of Benjamin Thomas and Bertha (née Sanderson) Swingler of 44 Jesse St., Bradford,

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Paul Kleeberger
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Paul (Jock) Kleeberger

Jock was born in 1897 in Corryong, Victoria. He was one of six children of Charles Julius Robert and Mary Annie (née Craig) Kleeberger.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Poppy Mural

Another Simon White mural as part of the Corryong Mural Art initiative, this one adorns a wall of the Corryong and District Memorial Hall, overlooking the Memorial Gardens.

Author: Meredith Atilemile

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Horry the Wog Dog

This statue was commissioned by the Man From Snowy River Tourist Association and unveiled in the RSL Memorial Gardens on Anzac Day 2016.

Author: Meredith Atilemile

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Nursing Close to the Heart of Anzac Mural

Part of the Corryong Mural Art initiative, this image recognises the Australian Army Nursing Service during the First World War, and features local woman Staff Nurse Ivy Bartlet

Author: Meredith Atilemile

25 Pound field gun
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Stansbury Memorial Gun

The gun is a MK11/1 1942 model made by the Ordance Factory Australia and was donated by the Department of Defence.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Esmon Jarvis
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Esmon Stephen Jarvis

Esmon Stephen Jarvis was born on November 13 1881, at Cudgewa, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

David Ross
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David Alexander Ross

David Alexander Ross was born on August 16 1892, at Corryong, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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James Anderson McKenzie

James Anderson McKenzie was born on April 8 1895, in Cudgewa, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Bertie Clarence Charles Sheather

Bertie Clarence Charles Sheather was born on August 5 1887, the firstborn child of Reuben Silas and Harriet Eleanor (nee Waters) Sheather.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Allan Graham Hamilton

Allan Graham Hamilton was born on August 3 1884, at Moyhu, Victoria. He was the seventh of twelve children of William Charles and Sarah (nee Mills) Hamilton.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Clifford James Eade

Clifford James Eade was born on August 15 1885, at Cudgewa, Victoria. He was the eldest of four living children of James and Mary Jane (nee Anderson) Eade.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Bill Sharp
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William (Bill) Benjamin Sharp

William (Bill) Benjamin Sharp was born on February 28 1890, at Tintaldra, Victoria. He was the eighth of ten children of James Henry and Harriot (nee Jones) Sharp.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Clarence Henry Carkeek

Clarence Henry Carkeek was born on July 18 1893, at Cudgewa, Victoria. He was the eldest of two children of Thomas Henry and Barbara Christina (nee Eastwood) Carkeek.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Royal (Roy) Briggs

Royal (Roy) Briggs was born in 1897 at Cudgewa, Victoria. He was the third of nine children to Thomas Ewing and Frances Ann (nee Bennetts) Briggs of Corryong.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Douglas Granville Blair

Douglas Granville Blair was born on May 14 1893, at Cudgewa, Victoria. He was the youngest of seven children of William and Elizabeth Maud (Nee Fennell) of Cudgewa.

Author: Stephen Learmonth