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26-November-2014
26-November-2014

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

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

The new monument was unveiled by RSL state president Major-General David McLachlan AO on the 3rd November 2012. Jung craftsman Murray Shanaughan made the war memorial sculpture.

Thirty-nine Jung men enlisted in the Second World War and one, Leslie Ruwoldt, was killed in action as a member of the 39th Battalion in New Guinea in 1942.

Location

Address:Main & Baker Streets, Peppertree Park , Jung , 3399
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -36.607759
Long: 142.359908
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple
Artist:Murray Shaunaghan (Jung, VIC)

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 3rd November, 2012
Front Inscription

Lest We Forget

Plaque:

Jung & District Cenotaph and Memorial

In remembrance of our men and women who have served Australia in times of conflict

Dedicated by Father Mike Pullar, MBE, R.A.A.F. (Ret) 

In presence of the Hon Hugh Delahunty Minister for Veterans Affairs

3rd November 2012

 

Left Side Inscription

World War II  1939 - 1945

[ Names ]

Vietnam 1962 - 1975

[ Name ]

Right Side Inscription

Jung community members who served in response to Australia's call

World War I  1914 - 1918

[ Names ]

Plaque :

This stone consolidates Jung Memorial Honour Rolls

Unveiled by the Hon Hugh Delahunty, MP Member for Lowan 
Victorian Minister for Veterans Affairs

1st November, 2013

Source: MA
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