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Cenotaph 2: 26-August-2011
Cenotaph 2: 26-August-2011

Photographs supplied by Roger Johnson / Sandra Brown

The Cenotaph commemorates those from the District who died in service or were killed in action in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.  It was originally unveiled to commemorate those from World War One. 

The panels bear the name of 202 soldiers from Wagga and District who were killed in World War One, and also commemorates those who were killed in World War Two and the Vietnam War.

Location

Address:Baylis & Morrow Streets, Victory Memorial Gardens, Wagga Wagga, 2650
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.109444
Long: 147.370278
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple
Designer:Pitt & Morrow (Wagga Wagga, NSW)
Link:http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw…

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 17th September, 1922
Front Inscription

For God King and Country       

Erected to the memory of the men of Wagga Wagga and District who fell in the Great War

1914 - 1918.

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Left Side Inscription
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Back Inscription

For God King and Country           

Erected to the memory of the men of Wagga Wagga and District who fell in the Great War

1914 - 1918.

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Right Side Inscription

To the memory of those who fell in World War 2 1939 / 45

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To the memory of those who fell in Vietnam

1962 - 1972

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Source: MA,NRWM,CRE
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