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An Avenue of Honour commemorates the 87 Royal Australian Air Force personnel who died or were killed while based at Bairnsdale.
Location
Address: | Bengworden Road, Bairnsdale Aerodrome, Bairnsdale, 3875 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.878383 Long: 147.559461 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Avenue of Honour |
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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://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/vhd/… |
Dedication
Left Side Inscription
Source: MA,VWHIAvenue of Honour
RAAF Bairnsdale
No.7 (Hudson) Squadron), No.1 Operational Training Unit,
2 April 1942 - 18 August 1942 14 June 1942 - 22 April 1943
General Reconnaissance School,
24 April 1943 - 13 March 1946
(Detailed History of the RAAF at Bairnsdale)
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