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The Bairnsdale Cenotaph commemorates those who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

It was originally erected to commemorate those who died in service or were killed in action in World War One and was unveiled by the Governor General Lord Forster on the 10th October 1922. A plaque has been added to commemorate later conflicts. 

Lord Forster, the Governor-General, and Lady Forster, visited Bairnsdale on Tuesday afternoon to unveil two war memorials. The first ceremony was at the cenotaph in Main-street, erected to the memory of the fallen men of the shire. There was a large attendance of township people and country residents. Mr. A. Lloyd, hon. secretary of the memorial committee, in handing over the cenotaph to the care and custody of the Shire Council, said when laying the foundation stone a casket had been placed in a recess. It contained two parchments, one having the names of the men of the shire who had seen service in the war, numbering 900; and the other the names of the fallen 171, including one nurse. The cenotaph cost over £700, and is a simple but chaste memorial. 
Gippsland Times (Vic), 12 October 1922.

 

Location

Address:Main Street (Princes Highway), Median Strip near Service Street, Bairnsdale, 3875
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.826548
Long: 147.628857
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple
Designer:T. C. Inches (of Harry French, Architect)
Monument Manufacturer:W. Bird (Monumental Mason)
Link:http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/…

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Tuesday 10th October, 1922
Front Inscription

MCMXIV - MCMXVIII

Their name liveth

Plaque :

World War II   1939 - 1945
Malaya            1948 - 1960
Korea              1950 - 1953
Borneo            1962 - 1966
Vietnam          1962 - 1973
Kuwait             1991

Plaque :

Lest We Forget

Our comrades who remain on the battlefield of North Korea

Army
Army 1 - 2 - 3 RAR
[ Names ]

RAAF
RAAF - 77 Squadron
[ Names ]

RAN
RAN - Fleet Air Arm - 805 Squadron
[ Names ]

Missing in action their souls finding their way home

This plaque was generously donated by Silver Lining Funerals as a community service project


 


 

Left Side Inscription

This monument commemorates those from the Bairnsdale District who at the call of King and Country left all that was dear to them

Endured hardness faced dangers and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty and self-sacrifice giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom

 

Back Inscription

Great War 

Hail : and farewell

All honour give to those who nobly striving nobly fell, that we might live

 

Right Side Inscription

Erected by the citizens

In honour of the District soldiers who fell in the Great War

1914 - 1918

Lest We Forget

 

Source: MA,VMR,SKP,VWHI
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