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16-April-2018 (Russell Byers)
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The plaque commemorates the 2nd / 9th Battalion of the Seventh Division ; Corporal John French, a Victoria Cross winner from Crows Nest, and 275 soldiers of the Battalion who died in service or were killed in action in World War Two.
The Battalion had trained in the Kilcoy area prior to leaving for Milne Bay and Buna in August 1942.
Location
| Address: | McCauley Street, Kilcoy RSL, Kilcoy, 4515 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -26.941045 Long: 152.564317 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 03-September-1939 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-August-1945 |
| Link: | http://www.qldwarmemorials.com.au/P… |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MA,SKP, QWMR2 / 9th Battalion 18th Brigade
Seventh Division A.I.F.
In memory of Corporal John French and our other fallen comrades and the hospitality shown to the 2 / 9th when training in the Kilcoy area prior to leaving for Milne Bay and Buna on 7th August, 1942 to inflict the first ever land defeat on Japanese forces
"Lest We Forget "
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