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Nameless homeless veteran
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The Story of the Nameless Homeless Veteran statue

The site of the Rockingham RSL Club, in Memorial Drive, Peron, has a Remembrance Wall and WW1 Roll of honour as well as other War Memorabilia, and on Vietnam Veterans Day this y

Author: City of Rockingham

Corporal Harold John Marris
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Corporal Marris was committed to the cause

The Kearsley Community Dawn Service Committee is a small community-based organisation committed to uncovering the identities of Lower Hunter service personnel and honouring thei

Author: Jordan Fallon

1319 Private William Polden, 16th Battalion, AIF, c.1914
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Private William Polden, 16th Battalion, AIF

William Polden was born on 18 May 1890 to George and Emma Polden of Mount Pleasant, South Australia. He attended Mount Pleasant Public School, and went on to work as a clerk.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Image: 'Battle of Fromelles', artist Charles Wheeler, 1922-25. Depicts a panoramic view of the Sugarloaf Salient area at Fromelles, with men of 5th Division AIF crossing No Man's Land towards the German trenches. Shell bursts and explosions can be seen above the landscape.
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Private Joseph Bottrall, 32nd Battalion, AIF

Joseph Bottrall was born on 5 February 1881, the fifth of nine children to Mary and Charles Bottrall, in Black Spring, north of Adelaide in South Australia.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Alexander James McDonald - United States Merchant Marine Citations
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Alexander James McDonald

On Friday 26th January 1945 Mrs. Alexander McDonald, of Anzac Road, Port Pirie West Extension, received an envelope through the post office bearing American stamps.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Club Forster

Club Forster is not an R.S.L. club as such but houses the Forster/ Tuncurry R.S.L. sub-branch office. The club only has the ODE on special occasions.

Author: Ken Denison

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Magill Fallen Soldiers' Memorial

Unveiled Sunday 14th November 1920, Magill School, corner of Magill Road and Pepper Street, Magill.

Author: Campbelltown Library 'Digital Diggers'

Stone mason engraving the Veteran's names
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Constructing the Pine Mountain Memorial

In  2014 the Pine Mountain District Historical Society Inc was awarded grant funding from the Dept.

Author: Pine Mountain & Districts Historical Society Inc

Northern Recruiting tour, crowds gathered on Railway Terrace at Crystal Brook.
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The Recruiting Train World War I

During World War 1, in 1915, Prime Minister Billy Hughes promised Britain an extra 50,000 reinforcements. South Australia's share of this was to be 5,600 men.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Staff Nurse May Hennessy

Staff Nurse May Hennessy, Australian Army Nursing Service

Author: Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch

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Balwyn Historical Society- Balwyn War Memorial

In June 1916, the newly formed Balwyn Progress Association sent a deputation to the Camberwell City Council to urge the Council to acquire land for a park in the vicinity of wha

Author: Thanksforyourservice