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10-March-2015
10-March-2015

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

A monument commemorates those who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved. The memorial was originally unveiled in 1987 at the Red Earth Community Park.  It was moved to Hookey Park in 1997 and incorporated into a new memorial. The memorial was redesigned and revised in 2014. 

Monument characteristics :

Monument is a sandstone plinth with a metal plaque, and has metal plaques installed in the ground in front of the plinth.

Location

Address:Charles & Station Streets, Hookey Park, Mooroolbark, 3138
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.786769
Long: 145.312394
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 25th April, 1987
Front Inscription

Shire of Lillydale

In Honour Of Men And Women Who Served In
The Defence Of Australia Allowing
Communities Like Mooroolbark To Develop  
ANZAC Day 1987

Plaque :

In Honour Of The Men And Women Of Mooroolbark
Who Served Australia In Time Of Conflict.

Unveiled 27/4/1997 by
WAL ELMS
Former Commissioner Shire Of Yarra Ranges

This Memorial Is A Joint Project Of The Mooroolbark
Chamber Of Commerce And Industry, The Lions Club
Of Mooroolbark, The Lilydale R.S.L. And The Shire
Of Yarra Ranges

Plaque :

The First War Memorial To Be Placed In Mooroolbark was in 1987 at the Red Earth Community Park.

In 1997 This Was Moved To Hookey Park And Incorporated Into A New War Memorial, That Included A List Of All Of Those From Mooroolbark Who Served Our Country In Time Of Conflict.  

The Current Mooroolbark War Memorial Was Redesigned And Revised In 2014 With New Names Added To The List Of Mooroolbark Residents Who Served.

Cr. Terry Avery  
Melba Ward
Unveiled 9 November 2014

This Has Been A Joint Project By The Yarra Ranges Council, Mooroolbark Lions, Mooroolbark History Group, And The Lilydale And Mt. Evelyn RSL Sub-Branches.

The First World War (1914 - 1918)
[ Names ]

Korea (1950 - 1956)
[ Names ]

Malaya (1948 - 1960 )
[ Name ]

Borneo (1965-1966)
[ Name ]

The Gulf War (1991)
[ Name ]

Vietnam (1962-1973)
[ Names ]

Plaque  :

The Second World War 1939 - 1945
[ Names ]

Womens Services :
[ Names ]

 

Left Side Inscription

Plinth :

The Anglo - Boer War
(1899 - 1902)
[ Name ]

The First World War
(1914 - 1918)
[ Names ]

Killed In Action
[ Names ]

COURAGE

Plinth :

The Second World War
( 1939 - 1945)
[ Names ]

Women`s Services
[ Names ]

Killed In Action 
[ Name ]

MATESHIP

Right Side Inscription

Plinth :

Malaya
(1948 - 1960)
[ Name ]

Korea
(1950 - 1953)
[ Name ]

Indonesian Confrontation - Malaya / Borneo (1963 - 1966)
[ Names ]

Vietnam (1962 - 1975)
[ Names ]

Killed In Action
[ Names ]

SACRIFICE

Plinth :

SERVICE

Source: MA,RSLV,SKP
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