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09-May-2019 [Heather Stevens]
09-May-2019 [Heather Stevens]

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The Sydney Memorial commemorates almost 750 men and women of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Air Force and the Australian Merchant Navy who died in service or were killed in action during World War Two in the eastern and southern regions of Australia, and in adjacent waters south of 20 degrees latitude, and have no known grave.

Men of the Royal Australian Navy lost in these regions who have no grave but the sea are commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in England, along with many of their comrades of the Royal Navy and of other Commonwealth Naval Forces. 

 

Location

Address:Memorial Avenue, Rookwood Necropolis, near Sydney War Cemtery, Rookwood, 2141
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.877689
Long: 151.062543
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Actual Event Start Date:03-September-1939
Actual Event End Date:15-August-1945

Dedication

Front Inscription

1939 - Here are recorded the names of the men and women who died in the Western and Southern Regions of Australia on  land at sea and in the air but to whom the fortune of war denied the known and honoured burial given to their comrades in  death - 1945

Panel No 1  Panel No 2  Panel No 3  Panel No 4  Panel No 5  Panel No 6  Panel No 7  Panel No 8  Panel No 9  Panel No 10
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Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au