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13-July-2013
13-July-2013
Photographs supplied by Tim Fitzgerald

The plaque commemorates the nurses and servicewomen of the Geelong area who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

Location

Address:Cochranes Road, Waurn Ponds Memorial Reserve, Waurn Ponds, 3216
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.206948
Long: 144.272765
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Front Inscription

Honouring nurses and service women.

Geelong Area

Boer War 1899 - 1920
Great War 1914 - 1919         World War II 1939 - 1945 
Gallipoli Salonica                  North Africa  Greece  England 
England France                     Pacific Campaigns
India North West Frontier
Japan & Korea  Malaya & Borneo  Vietnam  Iraq  Afghanistan

We recognise their units

AANS Australian Army Nursing Service
AAMWS, Australian Army Medical Womens Service
VAD, Voluntary Aid Detachments
WRANS, Womens Royal Australian Navy Service
WAAF, Womens Auxiliary Australiann Air Force
AWLA, Australian Woumens Land Army

Sponsor 
Royal United Services Institute (Geelong Branch)
Margaret & Ian Barnes

Source: MA
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