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28-May-2019 (Sandra Brown)
28-May-2019 (Sandra Brown)

Photographs supplied by Roger Johnson / Sandra Brown / John Huth

Romani Hall was opened in March 1999 as a tribute to the Australian Light Horse.

The hall houses memorabilia and information of the Light Horsemen and their battles., and  display dedicated to the 2nd / 14th Ilfracombe Light Horse Troop.

The Australian Light Horse were mounted troops with characteristics of both cavalry and mounted infantry. They served in the Second Boer War and World War One. The Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade at the Battle of Beersheba in 1917 made a successful cavalry charge. A number of Australian light horse units are still in existence today, most notably of the 2nd / 14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), now a light armoured unit equipped with an Australian version of the Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV-25)

Location

Address:Main Avenue, Ilfracombe, 4727
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -23.489024
Long: 144.506765
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Wednesday 9th June, 1999
Front Inscription

Romani Hall Memorial

Home of the 2 / 14th Ilfracombe Light Horse Troop

Plaque :

Romani Hall

Opened to the public by David W. Dawes

Patron of the 2 / 14th Ilfracombe Light Horse Troop on the 6th June 1999

We will remember them

Source: MA
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