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The artist with some of the sponsors of the project in front of the partially completed Nui Dat mural
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Operation ANZAC Revamp-Nui Dat

Operation ANZAC Revamp was a project that involved the revamping of several bus stops to reflect two of the conflicts that are associated with ANZAC Cottage: World War I and the

Author: ANZAC Cottage

Our ANZACs celebrating after a day of hard work
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Operation ANZAC Revamp- Gallipoli

Operation ANZAC Revamp was a project that involved the revamping of several bus stops to reflect two of the conflicts that are associated with

Author: ANZAC Cottage

WW1 Honour Board with Ltnt Gaby VC on Brass plaque in the Centre
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Nyabing Town Hall Honour Boards

In 2010 the Nyabing Historical Society Inc was approved for a DVA Saluting our Services Grant to restore our Honour Boards.

Author: Nyabing Historical Society Inc.

Lone Pine - Bodangora Memorial
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Gallopoli Lone Pine - Bodangora Memorial

This Gallipoli Lone Pine has been planted in memory of Harold and Wally Campbell, their mates from Bodangora who served in the 1st AIF, and those men who did not return

Author: Dubbo Regional Council

The Workhorse of Operation Jaywick - MV Krait
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A Memorial to Heroes

Operation Jaywick was a successful raid on enemy shipping in Singapore Harbour in 1943, using a captured Japanese fishing boat, the 68 ton Kofuku Maru.

Author: Henry C Moulds

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Discovering Rockhampton Trained Nurses of World War One

In 2014, the Country Hospital Museum in Rockhampton, Central Queensland, contributed to the Queensland State Library Q ANZAC 100 Project by undertaking research to ide

Author: Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc

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Ross Gregory

Ross Gerald Gregory (27 February 1916– 10 June 1942) was an Australian Test cricketer.

Author: Philip Powell

Anzac Day 2016 in Yarloop
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The Yarloop War Memorial

The Yarloop & Districts War Memorial was built to remember those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice & their Comrades in the Great War of 1914–1919. 

Author: Yarloop War Memorial

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War Memorial Forecourt

The four marble lions were dedicated in May 1916 to the memory of Old Boys who had fallen in the Gallipoli campaign.

Author: Philip Powell

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Beechworth Servicemen's Memorial Hall History

The site of the Servicemen’s Memorial Hall was formally occupied by the Beechworth Technical School, a short-lived educational venture which closed in 1929.

Author: Beechworth Cenotaph

Centaur Park and Memorial Site situated on Caloundra Headland
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Caloundra AHS Centaur Memorial

The Centaur Memorial and Park commemorates those lives tragically lost during the sinking of Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur by a Japanese submarine on 14 May 1943.

Author: Carl McGarrity

Memorial plaques installed along the Caloundra Headland Memorial Walkway
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Caloundra Headland Memorial Walkway

On Remembrance Day 1995 the 'Caloundra Headland Memorial Walkway' was dedicated as a war memorial and a monument and plaque was installed.

Author: Carl McGarrity

King's Christian College, Reedy Creek, Qld
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Lone Pine Memorial

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing on the Gallipoli Peninsular, a Lone Pine was planted in the King's Christian College (Reedy Creek) Memorial Garden

Author: King's Christian College

The two loocal men who joined the Kangaroo March in 1915
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The Two Local Kangaroo Marchers

The plaque in the Illabo Memorial Gardens records the names of two men from the area around Illabo who joined the 1915 Kangaroo March, the country recruiting drive that began in

Author: Henry C Moulds

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Cumnock Memorial Gates and Park

Located in Central West New South Wales, the village of Cumnock has a unique combined War Memorial Gates and Park.

Author: CUMNOCK WAR MEMORIAL GATES & PARK

Merimbula War Memorial
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The Beach Street War Memorial

First built in 1982 by sub-Branch members.

It was designed to signify a wave coming into ANZAC Cove Beach at Gallipoli.

Author: Merimbula RSL Sub-Branch

The text on the Dedication Plaque
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The Dedication Plaque

The elements have ravaged the plaque on the front of the Memorial Lamppost but although it is more than 100 years since their deaths these Troopers should still be remembered.

Author: Henry C Moulds