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18-February-2016
18-February-2016

Photographs supplied by Neil Follett

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
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.878383
Long: 147.559461
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Avenue of Honour
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

Avenue 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) 

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