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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.

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Service Women's Memorial

The memorial base is a polished grey granite slab with a flat surface on which is a square mosaic of granite stones

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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.

Port Pirie War Cemetery
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Staff-Sergeant Arthur James Burt

Arthur James Burt was born in North Adelaide, South Australia in 1911 to Oscar James and Alice Mabel Burt nee Scott.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.