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05-December-2013 (Graeme Saunders)
05-December-2013 (Graeme Saunders)

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders / Sandra Brown

The Memorial Complex is dedicated to the men and women who served, suffered and died in the service and defence of Australia. The complex was refurbished in 2002. 

The Memorial Complex includes a number of cairns have been added behind the Memorial Arch and in front of the Trooper Andrews memorial which list other conflicts or peacekeeping operations. Behind the arch near the Trooper Andrews memorial, two additional walls have been added

The Arch and Trooper Andrews Memorial were relocated to the site in 1984 during Wollongong's 150th anniversary

Location

Address:Church Street, McCabe Park, Wollongong, 2500
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.427208
Long: 150.894636
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple
Link:http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw…

Dedication

Front Inscription

Plaque:

            This
MEMORIAL COMPLEX
Is Dedicated To
The Men And Women Who
Served, Suffered And Died
In The Service And Defence
Of Their Country
"TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD" 
LEST WE FORGET

Inscription in Proximity

Right Cairn :

WORLD WAR II
BORNEO VIETNAM

Plaque:
Commemorating 
60th Year Anniversary 
World War II, ending in 1945 
To those who served and to those 
who paid the supreme sacrifice

"We will remember them"

Left Cairn :
WORLD WAR I
KOREA MALAYA

Plaque:
Missing In Action (Korea) 

Plaque:
(The Ode)

Plaque:
In memory of Korea
1950 - 1956

Source: MA,SKP,NRWM
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