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22-December-2016
22-December-2016
22-December-2016
22-December-2016

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Two Victorian Education Department's War Service Record books in a wooden cabinet commemorate those who served in World War One and World War Two.

Through the courtesy of Mr. Inspector Stuart, we had the pleasure of perusing the Education Department's Record of War Service, which does credit to the department, and is worthy of the cause in which the teachers and scholars were engaged. In addition to the officers of the department who fell in the great war, photographs are presented of those who returned. The sums of money raised by the various schools to assist in the successful prosecution of the war are set forth, and the schools' war activities generally (including the fine support accorded to the military hospitals) are done full justice by way of illustrations.

The book is a historical record of great importance, expressing the significance of the work which teachers (overseas and at home) and scholars in the schools undertook during the Great War, and points the way of service and sacrifice for all time. A copy is to be placed in every school in Victoria. One is to be given to every soldier teacher, and one to the next of kin of those of the teachers who made the supreme sacrifice.
Gippsland Times (Vic), 3 November 1921.
 

Location

Address:22 Temple Street, Heyfield Primary School, Heyfield, 3858
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.982014
Long: 146.784969
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Front Inscription

The Great War

War Service Record 

1939 - 1945

1914 - 1919

Source: MA
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