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23-May-2014
23-May-2014

Photographs supplied by Arthur Garland
The War Memorial commemorates those who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

The memorial lists the names of those from the district who lost their lives in World War One, and contains a series of plaques, mounted on timber, dedicated to later conflicts. The Vietnam Plaque lists the name of a local soldier who was killed in that conflict. 

Location

Address:Hall Street, Mountain Heights School, Queenstown, 7467
State:TAS
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -42.092778
Long: 145.549444
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple

Dedication

Front Inscription

TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
WORLD WAR  I

LEST WE FORGET

[ Names ]

Plaque :

KOREAN WAR
1950 -53

Korean War Campaigns
1950 - Battle of Yongju - Battle of Kapyong
1951 : Battle of Maryang San - Battle of Suchon
1952 : Operation Blaze (Seoul South Korea)
1953 : Battle of Sami Chon River

Plaque :

VIETNAM
  WAR
1960 - 73

Vietnam Campaign
Battle of Long Tan - Coral / Balmoral - Binh Ba - Nui Le

Killed In Action
6709611 Sapper Peter Penneyston (Queenstown Tas)
2nd August 1970 - South Vietnam 

Lest We Forget

Plaque :

World War 2
1939 - 45

Libya 1941 - 42 (`Rats of Tobruk`)
Bardia - Siege of Tobruk- Battle of El Alamein

Papua New Guinea 1942 - 45
Rabaul - Bouganville - Milne Bay - Buna / Gona
Kokoda - Battle of Shaggy Ridge - Finschhafen

Borneo Campaign 1945
Battle of Tarakan - North Borneo
Battle of Balikpapan

Lest We Forget

Plaque :

World War 1
1915 - 18

Gallipoli
25 Apr 1915 - Dec 1916
ANZAC Cove - Lone Pine - Quinn`s Post - The Nek

Western Front 1916 -18
Fromelles - Pozieres - The Somme - Bullecourt
Messines - Villers Bretonneux - Amiens - Hamel

Palestine 1916 - 18
Battle of Romani - Meghdaba - Battle of Beersheba

Lest We Forget

Source: MA
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