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The memorial commemorates the Royal Australian Air Force (R.A.A.F.) Wagga Apprentices and Junior Equipment and Administrative Trainees who died in service or subsequently. The memorial was erected on the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Apprenticeship Scheme.
Location
Address: | Sturt Highway & Newton Road, RAAF Heritage Centre , Forest Hill, 2651 |
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State: | NSW |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.149472 Long: 147.467694 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | Government |
Sub-Theme: | Federal |
Approx. Event Start Date: | 1948 |
Approx. Event End Date: | 1988 |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Monday 25th January, 1988 |
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THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO RAAF WAGGA
APPRENTICES AND JUNIOR EQUIPMENT AND
ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINEES WHO DIED DURING SERVICE
OR SUBSEQUENTLY
"AND OFT TIME COMETH OUR WISE LORD GOD,
MASTER OF EVERY TRADE , ...AND THEY RISE TO
THEIR FEET AS HE PASSES BY, GENTLEMEN UNAFRAID."
RUDYARD KIPLING
ERECTED BY THE 40 IN 88 REUNION COMMITTEE ON
THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE
APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME IN THE BICENTENARY YEAR
25TH JANUARY 1988 P.J.FLOOD
CHAIRMAN