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11-April-2014
11-April-2014
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The park was named to commemorate the actions on the 13th Battery of the Australian Field Artillery in the attack on Noreuil in France during World War One. Noreuil was the scene of a fierce engagement between Australian troops and the Germans on 15 April 1917.

The 13th Battery was adopted immediately by the townsfolk of Albury as the Albury Battery. The Battery served in France and Belgium and was involved in all the major battles fought by the Australians perhaps most notably at Noreuil where the Battery found itself surrounded but continued to fight till eventually the enemy was driven back. Following the war members of the Battery nominated this battle as their most significant achievement and consequently a newly developed recreational reserve on the Murray River foreshore was named Noreuil Park.

Location

Address:Noreuil Parade, South Albury, 2640
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -36.087502
Long: 146.906418
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Park
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW1
Actual Event Start Date:15-April-1917
Actual Event End Date:15-April-1917

Dedication

Front Inscription

                City Of Albury

   This Park Was Named
              NOREUIL 
To Commemorate The Gallantry In Action Of The
13th Battery - Australian Field Artillery
Known To The Citizens Of Albury As The
        ALBURY BATTERY
At Noreuil, France - April, 1917
Sponsored by City of Albury R.S.L. Sub-Branch

Source: MA
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