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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

Pte Sarn Singh, 43rd Battalion, AIF, c.1916
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Pte Sarn Singh, 43rd Battalion, AIF

At least 12 Indian Australians are known to have enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during the First World War. Two of them, Pte Sarn Singh and Pte Nain Singh

Author: Australian War Memorial

A plaque commemorating Private Nain Singh Sailani, an Indian Anzac killed in action on June 1, 1917 in Belgium
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Pte Nain Singh Sailani, 44th Battalion, AIF

At least 12 Indian Australians are known to have enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during the First World War. Two of them, Pte Sarn Singh and Pte Nain Singh

Author: Australian War Memorial

three brothers (left to right) Private Kenneth George Douglas; Lance Corporal Alan Edward Douglas; and Lance Sergeant Gordon Leslie Douglas, c.1916.
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The Douglas brothers

Alan Douglas, born in 1894 in Picton, New South Wales, was the second of three sons and a daughter born to Mary and George Douglas.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Private Mervyn Allen Lown, 13th Battalion, AIF, c.1914
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Private Mervyn Allen Lown, 13th Battalion, AIF

Mervyn Lown was born in 1893 to Andrew and Margaret Lown in Balmain, Sydney. His father owned a grocery on Darling Street, and was a warden at St Mary’s Church of England.

Author: Australian War Memorial