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24-September-2019
24-September-2019

Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown

The wall commemorates those who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved. A plaque dedicated to National Servicemen is located on the wall. 

The wall was upgraded in 2018 and the Armistice Mural took six months to create.  It was designed and created by Janic Orchard and consturcted with the help of volunteer members of the community.  It is made of 86,750 individual vitreous glass tiles which took 4,552 hours to create.

 

Location

Address:1504 - 1510 Bass Highway, Grantville & District Memorial Park, Grantville, 3984
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.406679
Long: 145.529791
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Front Inscription

MEMORIAL WALL OF HONOUR 

   FIRST WORLD WAR 
         ARMISTICE 

     Lest We Forget
    11 - 11 - 1918

Back Inscription

Plaque:
They shall not grow old As we that are left grow old :
Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
"We will remember them"

Plaque :

This Memorial Dedicated To Australia`s
National Servicemen Who Served In The
Navy, Army And Airforce Between 1951 - 1972
In Particular To The 212 Who Paid The Supreme
Sacrifice During Active Service In Borneo And Vietnam.
Erected By South Gippsland Sub-Branch National Servicemen`s
Association Of Australia Victorian Branch Inc.

Service To The Nation.

Source: MA
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