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John Hay's name on the Warren and Nyngan Memorials
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"The earth holds not a braver gentleman"

In the 1918 gallery, in the First World War section of the Australian War Memorial, there is a small display dedicated to relics that relate to a

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Point Danger War Memorial

The original stone cairn memorial was established by the Torquay and District Ex-Servicemen’s club in 1950.

Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch

Newspaper article - Howard Allan Martin_Prisoner of War
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The Martins

Ermyntrude Mary Martin (Ermy), born 9th December 1914 and Norma Grace Martin born 28th June 1916, were both born in Crystal Brook, South Australia to

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Grenfell Great War Memorial
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Soldiers Memorial

The column was unveiled by Sir Neville Howse, VC, on Saturday 26 January 1924.

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A family tribute to Ted Dunhill who perished at Sandakan 1945
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Memorial to Ted Dunhill

According to the plaque, the limestone rocks in the garden were donated by the Dunhill family of 'Boonderoo' in memory of Ted Dunhill who died in Sandakan Borneo in 1945.

Meredith Atilemile

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Barkly Church Memorial Gates

According to the notice outside the Barkly Church, the tiny building was once a private chapel at Woodlands.

Meredith Atilemile

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Place as Memorial

Memorial Park, Gympie is a rare example in Australia of a public park space conceived to serve as a memorial, not just in name, but the natural place itself as the embodiment of

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Rupanyup Avenue of Honour Monument

The original Avenue of Honour was planted on 26 June 1918. While some of the original Sugar Gums and Kurrajong trees remain, none of the commemorative plaques have survived.

Meredith Atilemile

opening of War Animal memorial
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War Animals Memorial Opening

The plaque is dedicated to all the animals that have served Australia in war and peace and the sacrifice they have made in battlefields across the world.

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Victory Day In Crystal Brook

Thanksgiving services were held in Crystal Brook Memorial Park on Wednesday 9th May 1945 to celebrate the end of the war in Europe. 

RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Australian Army Veterinary Corps

The monument commemorates those who served with the Australian Army Veterinary Corps in conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

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Our Forgotten Winged-Allies

The plaque commemorates the pigeons that saved many soldiers lives in World War One and World War Two.

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Indigenous Light Horsemen

The monument commemorates Indigenous Light Horsemen who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

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.

"Private R.R. Noud, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1917." Private R.R. Noud, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1917. Date: 19 May 1917 Description: Photograph appears on p. 27 of The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to the Queenslander, 19 May, 1917 View The Queenslander on Trove: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2362813 Is part of: Picture Queensland ~ State Library of Queensland :
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Roy Richard NOUD, 54th Infantry Battalion, AIF

Roy Richard Noud was born in December 1894, in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, to William James Amos Noud (1871-1947), a horse trainer and Ursula Clift Noud (1866-1898).

Paul Buchanan