Place: Ballarat, Victoria, 3350
District: Western
Orientation:
Location: Sturt Street near Doveton Street
Position:
Ref: 30291

The memorial is a shaped metal sculpture set on concrete paving,

Inscription in concrete paving
WORLD WAR II   1939 - 1945

THIS MEMORIAL, ERECTED IN THE YEAR OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONCLUSION OF WORLD WAR II
HONOURS THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF AUSTRALIA WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY DURING THOSE YEARS  
  OF HOSTILITIES ON THE GROUND, IN THE AIR AND AT SEA. MANY REST FOREVER IN FOREIGN LANDS.               
THEY FOUGHT IN EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA, THE MEDITERRANEAN, SOUTH EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC           
IN THE BRAVE AND SELFLESS TRADITION ESTABLISHED BY THE ANZACS IN WORLD WAR I.                              

WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR DEBT TO THEM AND RECOGNISE THOSE WHO AS CIVILIANS                                      
WORKED TIRELESSLY IN THE FACTORIES, ON THE LAND OR FROM HOME TO SUPPORT THEM.                        

LEST WE FORGET
 

Information current to February 2004

Sources:  The information and photograph on this page have been kindly provided by Russ Haines  Photo © Russ Haines

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