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Guildford Grammar School War Memorial

A monument commemorating the former Guildford Grammar School students who died in service or were killed in action in World War One.The memorial was unveiled on April 23, 1922,

Author: Bradley Buckland

Sergeant Henry Dalziel VC
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Sergeant Henry Dalziel VC

In this week’s installment of our series honouring Victoria Cross recipients from Queensland, we remember Sergeant Henry Dalziel VC.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Lewis McGee
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Sergeant Lewis McGee

In 1917, Sergeant Lewis McGee was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions while serving at Ypres.

Author: Australian War Memorial

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The Forgotten Indigenous Soldiers of Walhallow - Part 1

In 1934, forty kilometres from Quirindi NSW, the local Aboriginal people, members of the RSL and a few newspaper men gathered on the then Aboriginal mission station of Walhallow, to do something the local towns communities had refused to do, honour the Aboriginal men from Walhallow that served in WWI.

Author: Australian War Memorial

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William Legget Memorial

This is a negative of an original sculpture made from a steel cut-out depicting the fallen horseman, William Thomas Leggett, and has mounted bronze statuettes around this figure

Author: Rocky Hill War Memorial and Museum

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Lone Pine Information

Large stone with a plaque attached displayed in the garden of the Rocky Hill War Memorial museum, with the wording: This “Lone Pine” was planted by GOULBURN ARGYLE GARDEN CLUB i

Author: Rocky Hill War Memorial and Museum

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Information on the First Howitzer

Captured by the 4th Division, 12th Infantry Brigade, 45th Battalion AIF, near Villers-Bretonneux, France on 8 August 1918, during an Allied advance.

Author: Rocky Hill War Memorial and Museum

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Second Howitzer Information

Captured by the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment at Mafrak, Palestine in 16 October 1918.

Author: Rocky Hill War Memorial and Museum

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Story of the 3rd Battalion Coat of Arms

3rd Battalion Coat of Arms, with lions on both sides and one on top of a crown on the top of a circle with the number 3 in the centre, surrounded by the words: VETERI FRONDESCIT

Author: Rocky Hill War Memorial and Museum

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Transcription of the Changi Memorial

Changi Memorial Plaque attached to concrete from the boundary wall from Changi Prison, Singapore. Salvaged from Changi Prison on 27 July 2004. Dimensions: 1m x 1m.

Author: Rocky Hill War Memorial and Museum