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Home Front Contribution : 26-August-2011
Home Front Contribution : 26-August-2011

Photographs supplied by Roger Johnson

The monument commemorates the members of the Civil Construction Corps, Land Army, Protective Services, Volunteer Aid Detachment, and the Volunteer Defence Corps who, by their contribution on the home front contributed to ultimate victory in World War Two.

Location

Address:Baylis & Morrow Streets, Victory Memorial Gardens, Wagga Wagga, 2650
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.109444
Long: 147.370278
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Actual Event Start Date:03-September-1939
Actual Event End Date:15-August-1945
Link:http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw…

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 11th November, 1995
Front Inscription

Plaque :  

Australia Remembers
1945 - 1995

This plaque was placed on this site as part of the City of Wagga Wagga Australia Remembers Celebrations and is  dedicated to those members of the Civil Construction Corps, Land Army, Protective Services, Volunteer Aid Detachment, and the Volunteer Defence Corps who, by their outstanding contribution on the home front contributed to ultimate victory in World War II.

Plaque :

Unveiled by the Mayor of Wagga Wagga Councillor Peter Dale on 11th November 1995 

J. Mullins         Chairman Australia Remembers Committee.
B. L. Andrews  General Manager City of Wagga Wagga

Source: MA,NRWM
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au