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Plaques : 28-July-2015
Plaques : 28-July-2015

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Two plaques commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two and are dedicated to those who served and those who paid the supreme sacrifice. The second plaque contains verses from Laurence Binyon`s poem For the Fallen which is also known as "The Ode."

Location

Address:1 Station Street, Highett RSL, Highett, 3190
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.949903
Long: 145.043365
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Approx. Event Start Date:1945
Approx. Event End Date:2005

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:2005
Front Inscription

Plaque 1:
HIGHETT RSL
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" 

Plaque 2:

They shall not grow old . . .

They went with songs to the battle, they were young
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow,
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not 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.

O.L.Binyon (from For The Fallen)

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"




 

Source: MA
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