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13-December-2011 [Diane Watson]
Yamba Cenotaph 3
13-December-2011 [Diane Watson]

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The tablet commemorates those who died in service or were killed in action in World War Two.

The tablet, the design of which is the imprint of the hands and feet of a son of one of the fallen of World War Two and representing the youth of Yamba was unveiled at the memorial on the 2nd January 1949. 

 

Location

Address:Queen Street, Base of Cenotaph, Yamba, 2464
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -29.436825
Long: 153.365444
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Actual Event Start Date:03-September-1939
Actual Event End Date:15-August-1945
Link:http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw…

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 2nd January, 1949
Front Inscription
Plaque:
They Died
[footprints between two handprints]
That These May Live

Plaque:
These Hands And Footprints Symbolise The
Many Thousands Of Children Who Were
Deprived Of The Opportunity Of Ever Having
Experienced The Love Of Their Father.
The Imprints Here Belong To
Stanley McDermid Whose Father,
Keith McDermid, Was
Killed In Action At Sanananda New Guinea
On 22nd December 1942.
  Lest We Forget
 
Source: MA,NRWM
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