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2/8th Infantry Battalion : 21-September-2011
2/8th Infantry Battalion : 21-September-2011
Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

The plaque commemorates those who served with the 2nd / 8th Infantry Battalion during World War Two.

Location

Address:Birdwood Avenue, Shrine Reserve, Melbourne, 3000
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.830139
Long: 144.973276
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

Dedication

Front Inscription

2 / 8th Australian Infantry Battalion

1939 - 1945

Nulli Secundus

Dedicated to all men who served in the Battalion

Battle honours

Bardia - Capture of Tobruk - Derna
Greece - Mount Olympus - Vevi - Crete - Withdrawal to Sphakia - South West Pacific

Lest We Forget

 

Source: MA,SKP
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au