War Memorials in Australia
2/9 and 2/12 Battalions Memorial
Place:
Kilcoy, Queensland, 4515
District:
Southeast Coast
Orientation: 99 km NW of
Brisbane
Location: McCauley Street, outside RSL Memorial Hall
Position:
Ref: 40210
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The memorial is a boulder on a concrete base.
? face
Bronze plaque
Colour patch
THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE
MEN OF THE
2/12th INF. BN. 18th BDE. A.I.F. WHO WERE CAMPED IN THE KILCOY
AREA AFTER RETURNING FROM SERVICE IN THE U.K. AND
NORTH AFRICA AND IN REMBERANCE [SIC] OF ALL WHO SERVED WITHIN
ITS RANKS IN THE 2nd WORLD WAR 1939-1945.
TRIBUTE IS ALSO PAID TO THE PEOPLE OF KILCOY AND DISTRICT FOR
THE KINDNESS AND HOSPITALITY EXTENDED TO
THE MEMBERS OF THE BN.
THE BN. DEPARTED THIS AREA IN AUGUST 1942 ENROUTE TO
NEW GUINEA AND PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE BATTLE OF
MILNE BAY INFLICTING THE FIRST LAND DEFEAT ON THE
IMPERIAL ARMY OF JAPAN.
UNVEILED BY MAJOR GENERAL C.A.E. FRASER C.B. C.B.E. B.A.
ON THIS SIXTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1991.
Bronze plaque below
Three colour patches
2/9TH BATTALION 18TH BRIGADE
SEVENTH DIVISION A.I.F.
IN MEMORY OF CORPORAL JOHN FRENCH
AND OUR OTHER 275 FALLEN COMRADES
AND THE HOSPITALITY SHOWN TO THE 2/9TH WHEN TRAINING
IN THE KILCOY AREA
PRIOR TO LEAVING FOR MILNE BAY AND BUNA
ON 7TH AUGUST 1942
TO INFLICT THE FIRST EVER LAND DEFEAT
ON JAPANESE FORCES
LEST WE FORGET
Bronze plaque below
Insignia of Royal Australian Navy
Insignia of The Australian Army Insignia of Royal Australian
Airforce
KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953
1953 - 1956
ACTIVE SERVICE PEACEKEEPING
Information current to June 2004
Sources: The information and photograph on this
page have been kindly provided by Brett
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