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Plaque : 30-October-2014
Plaque : 30-October-2014

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders / Sandra Brown

The War Memorial is a small obelisk adjacent to the Cenotaph which commemorates those who served in the Second World War, Korea, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam.

Location

Address:Whitelaw Street, Next to Cenotaph, Meeniyan, 3956
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.577953
Long: 146.013925
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Front Inscription

LEST WE 
FORGET

WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

Plaque :

The Broken Column On This Cenotaph
Symbolises The Broken Lives Of The
Youth Of This District Who Fell In World War I.

This Cenotaph Area Has Been Adopted By
The Meeniyan Sub-Branch RSL
As A Place To Remember And Honour Those
Who Served In World War II,
Vietnam And Other War Zones. 
" Lest We Forget"

Left Side Inscription
VIETNAM
1962-1973
Back Inscription

LEST WE 
FORGET

MALAYA
1948-1960

BORNEO
1962- 1966

 

Right Side Inscription
KOREA
1950 -1953
Source: MA,SKP,VWHI
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