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H.M.A.S. Pirie

¹H.M.A.S. Pirie was one of fifty six Australian Minesweepers (commonly known as corvettes) built during World War 2 in Australian shipyards as part of the Commonwealth

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Paddy Bugden VC

This memorial is in honour of Patrick "Paddy" Bugden VC, who came from this district.

Author: 41st Battalion Association

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Bugden Bridge

Named in honour of Patrick "Paddy" Bugden VC.

Author: 41st Battalion Association

'Bill and Mac' - the Avenue of Honour links the two properties on which the men lived (image from information panel)
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Neighbours in life, linked after death

A brief overview of the Jarrahmond Avenue of Honour is provided on one of the information panels adjacent to the Memorial tablets, at the start of the Avenue.

Author: Henry C Moulds

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Ballarat Boer War Memorial (1899-1902)

Built (Unveiled):  1st November, 1906.

Opened by:  1st Baron Northcote - Henry Stafford Northcote (GCMG, GCIE, CB, PC), 3rd Governor General of Australia.

Author: Daniel Bishop

Sergeant John Ross and Private Andrew Neal, two of the men commemorated at Tambo Upper. (AWM photos)
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Heritage Reawakened

The original Tambo Upper Avenue of Honour comprised of six flowering gums that were planted in the 1920s, in memory of six soldiers from Tambo Upper who lost their lives in the

Author: Henry C Moulds

John Brady's carving of a First World War nurse
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An avenue preserved in art

Like those from almost every other community in Australia in 1914, men and women from Lakes Entrance, Victoria answered the call to arms in the name of ‘King and Empire’.

Author: Henry C Moulds

The names of Sister Dorothy Elmes and Caroline Ennis on the Oxley War Memorial
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The Tragic Loss of Brave Women

In early February 1942 the Imperial Japanese forces were set to complete their conquest of Malaya with the capture of the British bastion of Singapore.

Author: Henry C Moulds

41st Battalion 1st AIF Honour Roll Reproduction story
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41st Battalion 1st AIF Honour Roll Reproduction

A reproduction of the original Honour Roll, housed in the Shrine of Remembrance Crypt, beneath Anzac Square, Brisbane. This was in honour of the centennial of WW1.

Author: 41st Battalion Association

The Telegraph Park panel showing a family's sacrifice
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A Story of Sacrifice

At the bottom of the second last panel of names on the Honour Boards in Telegraph Park, Euroa, Victoria are three names, each with a cross against them.

Author: Henry C Moulds

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Beeac - My Home Town

Great to see the Beeac memorial looking so clean and well maintained.  I grew up in Beeac and enlisted in the RAN from there in 1964.  I served for 20 years including

Author: Jim Quick OAM

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Second gate

There was a second gate erected at the entrance to the Signor Campus, where a garden bed of fig trees now stands.

Author: Ross Bray

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Dedication information

The Memorial Gates were erected to commemorate those who had served in World War One.

Author: Ross Bray

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Why South Perth built a second war memorial

A War Memorial had been built in South Perth at the corner of Labouchere Road and Angelo Street in 1923, but the traffic noise and noise from the adjacent zoo became a problem.

Author: tvr

27 April 2014, the rededication of the Avenue of Honour
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The Yendon Avenue of Honour

The trees in the Avenue of Honour were planted by the community on Saturday 21 August 1920 (refer Ballarat Star 28 Aug).  In 1987 the children from the local public school

Author: Yendon History Group

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Milparinka WW1 Plaque

This project began in 2014 with the search for the names of the young men and women who had enlisted during WW1 and had a connection to Milparinka.

Author: Milparinka Heritage & Tourism Association

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Sassafras Community Hall Honour Board

The ladies of the Sassafras Methodist Church were the instigators for an honour board to be erected in the Methodist Church.  It was to commemorate the Sassafras soldiers w

Author: Sassafras community hall