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Australian Peace Memorial - 6pm Going Down of the Sun Service - ANZAC Day 2023
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Australian Peace Memorial

The Peace Memorial is the first of its type in Australia, being the first time colour stone etching has been used in the creation of such a memorial.

Author: Wentworth Military Collection Inc

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Alfred Richard Hintz

Alfred was born in Adelong, New South Wales in 1884. He was one of twelve children to William Frederick and Eliza (née Gallear) Hintz.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Arthur Ahrens
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Arthur Cyril Ahrens

Arthur Cyril Ahrens was born in 1890 in Corryong, Victoria. At the time his father, Ferdinand Francis was 54 and his mother Katherine (nee Denny) was 35.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Leonard Scammell
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Leonard Clarence Scammell

“We have been shifted from Salisbury Plain and are stationed dow at Fort Wallington, a fortress down at the south coast of England, 5 miles from Portsmouth.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

William Goldpsink
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William Henry Goldspink

William Goldspink was born on the 17th of June 1880 in Tumbarumba, NSW.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Allan Henry Ellis Courtney

Allan was born on the 20th of August, 1891, at Mitta Mitta, near Eskdale, Victoria. He was the eldest of eight children to John Henry and Mary (née Ellis) Courtney.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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William Williams

William Henry Williams was supposedly born in Corryong, Victoria sometime before 1900. He was one of five children of William and Martha Williams.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Leo Bon Coulson

Leo was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales on the 4th of April 1900.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Thowald Andersen
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Thowald Magnus Andersen

Thowald was the second child of Thowald and Selina (née Elliot) Andersen, being born in 1896, at Kamarooka, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Thomas Clark
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Thomas John Clark

Thomas was born on the 5th of September 1893 at Apollo Bay on the south-west coast of Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Maurice Bailey
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Maurice Bailey

Maurice was born on the 30th of August, 1907, at Corryong, Victoria. He would be the second of eight children to David Richard and Grace Victoria (née Bell) Bailey.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Arthur McConnell
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Arthur McConnell

Arthur was born in Wodonga in 1894, the second of four children to John Patrick and Kate (née Barker) McConnell.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Albert Charles Andersen

Albert was the eldest child of Thowald and Selina (née Elliot) Andersen, being born on the 28th of October, 1895, at Lavington, New South Wales.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Thomas Spurr
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Thomas Anthony Spurr

Thomas was born at Four Mile Creek, Victoria, in August of 1887.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

William Ronald
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William Alfred Ronald

William Alfred Annadale Ronald was born on the first day of October, 1888, at Tallangatta, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Ernest Richardson
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Ernest James Richardson

Ernest was born in 1893 in Beechworth, Victoria. He was one of seven children to William and Mary Ann (née McDonald) Richardson. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Thomas Carey Robinson

Thomas Carey Robinson was born on the 25th of April, 1884, in Corryong, to George and Rachel (nee Morris) Robinson.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Jack Campbell
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John (Jack) Maxwell Campbell

Jack was born on the 18th of June, 1898, at Mitta Mitta, Victoria. He was the youngest of six children of John and Rosetta Jane (née Foster).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

John Enever
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John George Enever

John was born at Mitta Mitta in 1894, one of six children to John George and Jane Adeline (née Walker) Enever.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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David William Eade

On the 4th of October, 1917, the guns of the British Second Army opened a barrage to support the beginning stages of what would become the Battle for Broodseinde Ridge

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Eric Whitehead
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Eric Victor John Whitehead

Eric was born on the  11th of January, 1870, at Berringama to John and Agnes (née Harris) Whitehead, the eldest of four children. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth