Text of weather damaged Bool Lagoon Memorial Hall Plaque
BOOL LAGOON MEMORIAL HALL
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
DISTRICT WHO SERVED IN
THE TWO WORLD WARS
Author: 
Birregurra District Historical Centre
Bomb explodes No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School
In the early stages of the Empire Air Training Scheme, it was planned to allocate some 900 aircraft to Australia for training purposes including 500 Avro Ansons and 400 Fairey B
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RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.
Empire Air Training Scheme
An official announcement of Australia's initial contribution to the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), was made by Prime Minister Menzies on the 16th Decembe
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RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.
James Mark Wheeler
Mark was born in 1891 at Corryong, Victoria. He was the youngest of seven children born to Charles Henry and Jane (née Bell) Wheeler.
Author: 
Stephen Learmonth
Alfred Summelyn Waugh
Alfred was born in 1897 at Corryong, Victoria. He was one of twelve children of Henry Hall and Elizabeth Jane (née Lewis) Waugh.
Author:
Stephen Learmonth
James (Jim) Henry Counsell
Jim was born in 1895 at Beechworth, Victoria. He was one of nine children to William and Mary Ellen (née Dunstan) Counsell.
Author:
Stephen Learmonth
Arthur Ernest Chanter
Arthur was born in 1894 in Tallangatta, Victoria. He was one of four sons to Frederick Moore and Maria Ann (née Hore) Chanter.
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Stephen Learmonth
Wreck of Montevideo Maru Found
During April 2023 the wreck of the Montevideo Maru was found off the northwest coast of The Philippines in the South China Sea at a depth of over 4,000 metres.
Author: 
Patrick Bourke
Joseph Allan Hamilton
Joe was born on the 29th of January 1919 in Albury, New South Wales.
Author:
Stephen Learmonth
Arthur (Toxa) Wilson Chitty
Arthur was born on the 5th of August 1918 at Corryong, Victoria. He would be one of twelve children to Allan Peter Done and Hannah Evelyne (née Wilson) Chitty.
Author:
Stephen Learmonth
George Nugent
George Nugent was born in 1888 to James and Sophie Nugent of Berrigama. He was one of five sons of James and Sophie who would join the AIF and serve overseas.
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Stephen Learmonth
The Good-Bye
In uniform the soldier stood
Beside his mother, old and grey.
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RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.
Alfred James Turner
Alfred was born in Bethanga, Victoria, in 1892. He was the sixth child of John William and Frances Margaret (née Osmond) Turner.
Author:
Stephen Learmonth
Lisle Ben Sutherland
Ben was born in 1895 at Thologolong, Victoria. He was one of twelve children to Peter Alexander and Thomasina (Ina) Mary Eliza (née Carter) Sutherland.
Author:
Stephen Learmonth
William (Bill) James Wheeler
Bill was born in 1894 at Cudgewa, in Victoria. He was the second of nine children to Frank Edward and Elizabeth Mary (née Carter) Wheeler.
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Stephen Learmonth
William Henry Wheeler
William was born in 1895 in Albury, New South Wales. He was the eldest of five surviving children of William James and Emma (née Jensen) Wheeler.
Author:
Stephen Learmonth
George Mortlock
George was born on the 14th of January 1882 at Cooma in New South Wales. He was one of thirteen children born to John Thomas and Mary Ann (née Pegram) of Cooma.
Author:
Stephen Learmonth
James Webster Phin
Jim was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the 7th of January 1910. He would be one of eight children of Daniel David and Mary (née Bracelin) Phin.
Author:
Stephen Learmonth
Dick Ronald Findlay
Dick was born on the 5th of December, 1918, at Davenport, Tasmania. He was the third of five boys born to McGregor and Amy (née Casey) Findlay.
Author:
Stephen Learmonth
Theodore Clarence Scholz
Theo, and his twin Anna Clarice, were born on the 14th of July, 1922, in Albury, New South Wales.
Author:
Stephen Learmonth
Alan Lawrence Hempel
Alan was born in Albury on the 14th of August, 1921. He was the oldest of eight children for Gustav Adolph and Emily (née Smith) Hempel.
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Stephen Learmonth
Charles Alexander Wright
Charles was born on the 15th of April, 1913, in Tallangatta, Victoria. He was the eldest of six children to William and Mary (née Bailey) Wright.
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Stephen Learmonth
Victor Treloar
Victor (Vic) Treloar was born in Redhill, South Australia to Thomas Henry Treloar and Olive Hesba Treloar (nee Hill) on the 2nd January 1913.
Author:
RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.
32nd United States Infantry Division
¹The 32nd United States Infantry Division, located at Fort Devens, Massachusetts in preparation for deployment to Northern Ireland in 1940, had a quick change of orde
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