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07-March-2012
07-March-2012

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

The Remembrance Garden was developed by Rehabilitation Work Groups at the Repatriation Hospital and was constructed in memory of past and present mates. 

Within the Remembrance Garden are numerous plaques commemorating specific military units and events.

Location

Address:300 Waterdale Road, Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg , 3084
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.755725
Long: 145.047069
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 25th April, 1982
Front Inscription

Plaque 1 :

In memory of our mates past and present.

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.

LEST WE FORGET

Donated by
The Rehabilitation Work Group Ward 25
25th April 1982

Plaque 2 :

This Remembrance Garden,
Funded By The Rehabilitation Work Group In 1982,
Has Seen 25 Years Of Development.  There Is More To Come.

Creator God, giver of life, bringer of healing,
we thank you for Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital.  

For those who have served this country In conflicts past,
for those who follow in their footsteps in the here and now,
for those who will create new footsteps in times to come.

Source of our care, heal us,
source of our compassion, guide us,

and finally bring us to that place of wholeness
where all goodness finds fulfilment in you.  
Amen.

Rev. Mark West OH, and Rev. Alex Scutt  
24 April 2007

 

Source: MA,RSLV,SKP,VWHI
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