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opening of War Animal memorial
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War Animals Memorial Opening

The plaque is dedicated to all the animals that have served Australia in war and peace and the sacrifice they have made in battlefields across the world.

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Victory Day In Crystal Brook

Thanksgiving services were held in Crystal Brook Memorial Park on Wednesday 9th May 1945 to celebrate the end of the war in Europe. 

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Australian Army Veterinary Corps

The monument commemorates those who served with the Australian Army Veterinary Corps in conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

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Our Forgotten Winged-Allies

The plaque commemorates the pigeons that saved many soldiers lives in World War One and World War Two.

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Indigenous Light Horsemen

The monument commemorates Indigenous Light Horsemen who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

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Havelock avenue of honour
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Havelock's Avenue of Honour

The two newspaper reports are at variance. The Avoca Mail of 29th June 1900 states there were about 40 trees.

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BADEN-POWELL AVENUE

Avenues of Honour became popular after WW1 but their Australian origins lie in the Boer War.

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"Private R.R. Noud, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1917." Private R.R. Noud, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1917. Date: 19 May 1917 Description: Photograph appears on p. 27 of The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to the Queenslander, 19 May, 1917 View The Queenslander on Trove: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2362813 Is part of: Picture Queensland ~ State Library of Queensland :
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Roy Richard NOUD, 54th Infantry Battalion, AIF

Roy Richard Noud was born in December 1894, in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, to William James Amos Noud (1871-1947), a horse trainer and Ursula Clift Noud (1866-1898).

Author: Paul Buchanan

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