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Peter Kelleher
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Peter Joseph Kelleher

Joe was born on the 22nd of August 1909 at Goulburn, NSW to Peter and Adeline Mabel (née Shurety).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Frederick Miller
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Frederick Christian Miller

Friedrich Christian Müller was born in 1878 at Bethanga, Victoria. He was the forth of eight children to Johannes and Hannah (née Gosling) Müller. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth

John Seessle
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John Alfred Benjamin Seessle

John was born on the 5th of May, 1914 at Auburn, New South Wales, to Johann Alfred and Emma Bridget (née Nelson) Sessle.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Norman MacDonald
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Norman MacDonald

Norman was born at Granya on the 22nd of November, 1892. He was the sixth of eleven children of Hugh and Mary Grace (née Cross) MacDonald.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Ben Morgan
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Benjamin Robert Morgan

Ben was born on the 28th of March, 1910, in Euroa Victoria. He was one of eleven children of Thomas Fitzherbert and Sarah Annie (née McNay).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Norman Hamilton
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Norman McGregor Hamilton

Norman was born on the 14th of February 1922, at Tallangatta, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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George Wetmore

George was born in 1885 at Granya, Victoria. He was one of seven children to Henry Jones and Margaret Francis (née Drover) Wetmore.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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David James Farthing

Bob was born in 1898 at Allansford, Victoria, 10 kilometres east of Warnambool.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Korean War Memorial
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The Korean War Memorial Kings Park

In 2016, the Honorary Consul in Western Australia to the Republic of Korea, Mrs Fay Duda, was approached by a veteran at the North Beach RS

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Ronald Alwyn Grey (right)
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MAJOR GENERAL R.A. GREY, AO, DSO

Major General Ronald Alwyn Grey was born on 2 July 1930 in Perth, Western Australia, and was educated at Perth Modern School before entering the Royal Military College, Duntroon

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Gated Entrance to the German Cemetery, Tatura
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German Military Cemetery, Tatura

The German Military Cemetery in Tatura contains the remains of 250 Germans who died in Australia during the First and Second World Wars, either as interned civilians, or prisone

Author: Meredith Atilemile

His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC QC at the official unveiling and dedication ceremony of Canon Garland Memorial - Anzac Day Origins on 22 April 2016 in Kangaroo Point Cliffs Park, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane.
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Canon Garland Memorial - Anzac Day Origins

The Canon Garland Memorial – Anzac Day Origins was officially unveiled and dedicated on 22 April 2016 by the-then Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australi

Author: Canon Garland Memorial.

HMAS Yarra II
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HMAS Yarra II

At 6.30 am on 4 March 1942, the lookout in Yarra sighted a Japanese heavy cruiser squadron, each armed with ten 8-inch guns and two destroyers. 

Author: Australian War Memorial

Stanhope Mural photo by George Gemmill
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Stanhope Mural

Stanhope is a small country town in Victoria with a population of 5oo.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Former Staging Camp site
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14 Australian Personnel Staging Camp

During World War Two, 14 Australian Personnel Staging Camp (APSC) was located at Prince’s Park, Solomontown, Port Pirie to feed and accommodate troops joining or leaving trains

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Memorial
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BCOF Memorial

The memorial takes the form of a semicircular stone wall in the top of which are garden beds and attached to which are 7 steel panels.

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Walter Broughton Wilson
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The Wilson Brothers

George Moore Wilson and Mary Ann Wilson nee Davidson farmed the land at Clements Gap, South Australia where they raised 13 children.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.