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18-January-2016
18-January-2016

Photographs supplied by Kent Watson

The War Memorial Cloisters ,which lead from the school to the chapel are a gift of Old Geelong Grammarians. 

They were dedicated by the Archbishop of Melbourne on the 24th June 1927, the same day as the bronze group war memorial.  They were originally erected to commemorate those from the school who died in service or were killed in action in World War One.

Additional plaques have been added to the cloisters to commemorate those who died in service or were killed in action in the other conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

Location

Address:Tower Road, Geelong Grammar School, Corio, 3214
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.069861
Long: 144.399006
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Structure
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple
Designer:Harold Desbrowe Annear

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Friday 24th June, 1927
Front Inscription

Plaque:

Silence is requested in these Cloisters in respect for those from Geelong Grammar School who gave their lives on active service in the wars of the Twentieth Century

Plaque :

Greater love hath no man than this
That a man lay down his life for his friends
[ Names ]

Plaque :

Esto Fidelis Vsqve Ad Mortem Et Dabo Tibi Coronam Vitae
[ Names ]

Plaque :

Dvlce Et Decorvm Est Pro Patria Mori
[ Names ]

Plaque :

Their name liveth for evermore
[ Names ]

 

 

 

Left Side Inscription

Plaque :

1939  1945

O valiant hearts who to your glory came

[ Names ]

Plaque :

1939  1945

Your memory hallowed in the land you loved

[ Names ]

 

Right Side Inscription

We Will Remember Them

South Africa
1899 - 1902
[ Names ]

World War One
1914 - 1918
[ Names ]

World War Two
1939-1945
[ Names ]

Korea
1950 - 1953

[ Name ]

Malayan Emergency
1950 - 1960

[ Name ]

Vietnam
1961 - 1976

[ Name ]

Source: MA
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