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18-January-2015
18-January-2015

Photographs supplied by John Huth

The former Dalveen Memorial Tennis Courts were built to commemorate Doug White and Jim Muir who died in World War Two. Both men attended the Dalveen School. The courts are now the site of the Rural Fire Brigade. 

Location

Address:Pine Crescent, in front of Dalveen Rural Fire Service, Dalveen, 4374
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -28.490361
Long: 151.973327
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Military

Dedication

Front Inscription

Dalveen Rural Fire Brigade Shed
Erected August 2009

The Dalveen Memorial Tennis Courts were built on this site in 1953 - 54 by the Dalveen Sports Club with land partly donated by Mr Fearnside in memory of fallen soldiers Doug White and Jim Muir (WWII)

"We honour them still"

Plaque :

In memory 
Doug White
8th Div. A.S.C.
K.I.A.
Singapore 1942

Plaque :

In memory
Jim Muir
25th Batt. A.M.F.
K.I.A.
Milne Bay1942

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