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Walter James Armour - Service No. 3230 - Killed in action.
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The Armour Brothers

James and Martha Armour nee Maloney of Hallam Street, Ellendale, Port Pirie had three sons who all volunteered for the Great War.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

 Inside General View of Port Pirie Ammunition Factory _1945
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Port Pirie Munitions Annexe WW2

Within a year of the outbreak of World War 2, production of munitions had expanded rapidly in the eastern states, Adelaide and Whyalla.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

A merchant vessel painted with dazzle camouflage, Port Pirie Circa 1914.
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Merchant Navy and Mariners Memorial

“The most important road on the earth’s surface is the sea road.”

“Who controls the sea road, wins the war.”

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Private Claude Palmer 10th Battalion A.I.F.

Claude Ernest Hamill Palmer was a 19 year old apprentice electrician residing on The Terrace in Port Pirie when he volunteered for the A.I.F.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Oliver Holmes Woodward

¹Oliver Holmes Woodward was born in Tenterfield, N.S.W. where he had graduated from the Charters Towers School of Mines in 1910.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Commemorating South African Fallen Soldiers

The Port Pirie celebration of the South Australian annual memorial service for the fallen South African soldiers will be held next Sunday afternoon on the Recreation Ground.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Royal Quarter Master Sergeant Frederick Sampson
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Trooper 432 Frederick Sampson

Frederick Sampson was born in Stone Hut, South Australia in 1878 and educated at Gladstone Public School and Prince Alfred College in Adelaide.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Lone Pine 7
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Herbert Henry King

¹The battle of Lone Pine was intended as a tactical diversion from attempts by New Zealand and Australian units to force a breakout from the Anzac perimeter in the north at Chun

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

A young Patricia Cashmore
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Patricia Cashmore

¹Patricia Cashmore (Patty) was born on the 23rd of July in 1905 at Port Pirie, South Australia.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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World War 1 Memorial Gates

¹The Soldiers Memorial Committee meeting held on Friday the 13th January 1922 recommended for adoption the sub-committee’s report for memorial entrance gates at the Recreation G

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Chaplain 4th Class Major Joe Phillips
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Father Joe Phillips

Elzear Basil Phillips, (Joe) was born on the 21st July 1903 in Hamilton, Victoria. In 1929 he joined the Carmelite Order to become a priest.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

A heavily-iced H.M.A.S. Bataan on patrol off the North Korean coast in 1952
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H.M.A.S. Battan - A Korean Winter

Able Seaman Gunner Mervin (Merv) Reginald Parker Service Number R/28017, of Duffy Lane, Port Pirie, South Australia joined the Royal Australian Navy in October 1945 at 19 years

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Trooper Albert Edward Charles Marshall
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The Foresters Lodge Memorial

¹Foresters Lodge Court Pirie so honoured its members who gave their lives for their country that they erected a memorial in the park at a cost of more than £140.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Ronald Percy Worby SX8947 of 35 Sixth Street Port Pirie
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Pirie Soldier Died in Borneo

Ronald Percy Worby SX8947 of 35 Sixth Street Port Pirie West enlisted with the 2nd A.I.F. on the 1st July 1940 at the Port Pirie Recruiting Office.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

The Military Medal
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Posted to Malaya

Sergeant Donald Breynard Davie, son of Reverend L. S. and Mrs.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.