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Gordonvale Air Raid Shelter

The sole surviving example of several air raid shelters built in Gordonvale  in early 1942.  It is not wholly intact and the remnant stands opposite of what was once t

Author: Brian Rowe

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Horn Island World War II conservation Project

Started in 2008 by Vanessa and Liberty Seekee the project aims to restore and conserve a number of sites and artefacts stemming from the Allied presence on the island during Wor

Author: Brian Rowe

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Green Hill Fort, Thursday Island

Green Hill Fort was built between 1891 and 1893 as part of Australia's defence against a possible Russian invasion. 

Author: Brian Rowe

1923-Womens Soldier Memorial, Port Pirie Hospital and Nurses Homes in the background.
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The Port Pirie Women's Soldiers Memorial

A meeting of women from Port Pirie and District was first convened in the Port Pirie Town Hall by the Mayoress Mrs M.E. Goode in 1919.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

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Bassett & Gordon Memorial

This window depicts the Archangel Michael as a Knight of God, weighing the souls of men in a balance.

Author: Brenton Brockhouse

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Kenneth Koeppen Wendt Memorial

The original cartoon for this window was designed by John H Dearle in 1920; Dearle having taken over design work for the Morris Company following the deaths of Morris and Burne-

Author: Brenton Brockhouse

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In Memory of C E Bagot

The original cartoon for this window was designed by Edward Burne-Jones in 1877 and reused for this window produced in 1919.

Author: Brenton Brockhouse

Words and insignia at the base of the window
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Valiant For Truth

The subject for this window comes from John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.

Author: Brenton Brockhouse

John Jageurs' name on the AWM Roll of Honour
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A Sad Duty

For monumental masons, placing the names of the dead on a memorial or a tombstone is just part of the trade.

Author: Henry C Moulds

Toodyay District Honor Board 1914-1919
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Toodyay District Roll of Honor WW1

This is one of two honour boards in the foyer of the Toodyay Memorial Hall commemorating Toodyay residents in the two World Wars.

Author: Shire of Toodyay

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Australian Army Apprentices Memorial

The Australian Army Apprentices Memorial was dedicated on 26th October 2008 to all Apprentices who supported the Australian Army in war and peace and, in particul

Author: Australian Army Apprentices Association

The Grove
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History of the Grove of the Unforgotten

The Grove of the Unforgotten is situated within the valley of the unique atmosphere of Araluen Botanic Park, it was built by John Joseph Simons, the founder of the Young Au

Author: Araluen Botanic Park Foundation

Plaque recognising the contribution by the Toodyay RSL Sub-Branch to the Toodyay Memorial Hall
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Toodyay Memorial Hall history

The front section of the Toodyay Memorial Hall was built in 1899 as the Newcastle Municipal Chambers.  In 1910 a town hall was built adjoining the existing municipal chambe

Author: Shire of Toodyay

Toodyay War Memorial obelisk, 2019
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Toodyay War Memorial

On 12th June 1920 a public meeting was held in the Toodyay Road Board Chambers to discuss the raising of funds for the erection of a memorial to the soldiers of the Toodyay

Author: Shire of Toodyay

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Brigadier-General James Heane

Brigadier-General James Heane CB (M) CMG DSO unveiled the Dubbo War Memorial on 25 April 1925 as reported in the Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate on 28 April 1925.

Author: Patrick Bourke

The AWM Roll of Honour entry for Private Caradog Lloyd Jones
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From the Argentine to Mouquet Farm

On one panel of the Leeton War Memorial, beneath “Our Glorious Dead 1914-1918, is the name C. Lloyd-Jones. The hyphenated surname reflects Welsh heritage, but C.

Author: Henry C Moulds

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The Rabaul and Montevideo Maru Society

The Rabaul and Montevideo Maru Society was established in 2009 to represent the interests of the families of the soldiers and civilians captured in Rabaul and the New Guinea Isl

Author: Patrick Bourke

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Port Augusta RSL

The former Customs House at 7 Commercial Road was the first hall used by the RSL, from 1920.  They re-built in the early 1950s.  Around 1987 the Commercial Road site w

Author: Port Augusta Public Library

Commemoration program 2019
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Inspiration

This memorial was erected by the Australian-American Association and inaugurated on 3 May 1952 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea.  Its dist

Author: Newstead House

Private Albert Dew, in a cropped version of image AWM P09291.503
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Pte Albert Dew, 32nd Battalion, AIF

“A. DEW”, on the first panel for the First World War on the Burra War Memorial, was commemorated at the Last Post Ceremony at the AWM on 19th of August 2019.

Author: Henry C Moulds