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The Rotunda with a Roll of Honour commemorates the Ballarat and District soldiers, sailors and nurses who served during World War One and was erected in 1938.
It contained a Book of Remembrance recording the names of every person for whom a tree had been planted in the Avenue of Honour.
The Rotunda was relocated from the Ballarat Golf Club in 1993.
Location
Address: | Learmonth Street, Ballarat, 3350 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.553757 Long: 143.813283 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | Conflict |
Sub-Theme: | WW1 |
Actual Event Start Date: | 04-August-1914 |
Actual Event End Date: | 28-June-1919 |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 13th March, 1938 |
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Pedestal :
[ Names ]
Plaque :
"The Arch of Victory / Avenue of Honour Committee acknowledges the generous contribution made by Mrs Irene Lillingston, to the alphabetical listing of names on this rotunda pedestal in memory of the service of Mr. Leslie Royce Lillingston, 2/ 12 Aust Field Regiment,
Service No. VX 22256 Sergeant, (Rat of Tobruk)
Service period 5th June 1940 to 9th January 1946
And those employees of E. Lucas & Co. Pty. Ltd. who served Australia in World War II"