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Unveilling the original memorial
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Cenotaph relocated without Digger statue

The statue was erected as part of the Chinchilla War Memorial, unveiled on 30 January 1919 by the Governor of Queensland, Major Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams, GCMG, CB.

Author: Faithe Jones

Adelaide Boer War Memorial Unveilling
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Large and distinguished attendance

Sir George Le Hunte, Governor of South Australia, performed with due ceremony on the 6th June 1904 the unveiling of an equestrian statue in bronze raised to the memory, of South

Author: Faithe Jones

Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial
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Offering a helping hand to his mate

To complement the Avenues of Honour, an appeal was undertaken by the Rose Park Improvement Association in 1919 to enable the construction of a monument, on which will be inscrib

Author: Faithe Jones

Cowangie Avenue of Honour
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Only 5 plaques remain today

This Plaque commemorates the Cowangie Avenue of Honour planted 2nd August 1918 by the Cowangie Progress Association as a mark of honour to the men from Cowangie who enlisted for

Author: Faithe Jones

Alice Cashin Nurse Memorial
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Showered with daisies gathered by “her boys”

In an unmarked grave at Woronora Memorial Park rests a heroine of WWI, registered nurse Alice Cashin, the first Australian to be awarded a Royal Red Cross plus the bar to that m

Author: Faithe Jones

Pyramid Hill Avenue of Honour
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Pyramid Hill Avenue of Honour

The avenue was originally planted in 1929 with 20 sugar gum trees, in memory of those who lost their lives in World War I.

The avenue is marked by a stone cairn.

Author: Faithe Jones

Keith Payne VC Park, Stafford Qld.
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Commemorating Boer War Valour

This memorial commemorates the Valour and Self Sacrifice of those Australian Servicemen who were awarded the Victoria Cross during the war in South Africa (The Boer War).

Author: Faithe Jones