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27-April-2017
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The plaque commemorates the Western Australian soldiers of the 2nd / 48th Infantry Battalion who died in service or were killed in action and all who served in the battalion during World War Two.
The Battalion was Australia’s highest decorated unit of the World War Two, awarded four Victoria Crosses (three of them posthumously) and more than 80 other decorations.
Location
Address: | 38 St Georges Terrace, St George`s Cathedral, Perth, 6000 |
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State: | WA |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -31.955775 Long: 115.861472 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 |
Dedication
Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 2011 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MA2 / 48 Australian Infantry Battalion
Nunquam Victus
1940 - 1945
To the glory of God
And in thanksgiving for the forty six Western Australian soldiers killed in action and all who served in the Battalion
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