'Our Brave Men' - WW2 - Swifts Creek, Victoria, Australia
S 37° 15.784 E 147° 43.308
55H E 564001 N 5875700
This WW2 Memorial is in the centre of McMillan Street, on the eastern side of Great Alpine Road.
Waymark Code: WMWYRE
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 10/31/2017
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It is a grey granite Broken Column, standing about 4 metres tall. The western side details 'the Great War', and the 14 local soldiers killed.
The northern side, upper face has the following inscription:
World War II
1939 - 1945
In Memory of
Our Brave Men
W.F.G. Armit
E.C.S. Boucher
J.L. Dorrington
J.D. Doyle
S.H. Tremayne
Who fell fighting for
King and Country
On the lower face of the western side is the following:
Erected by the residents
of the Tambo Valley.
This Broken Column,
symbolic of lives cut short,
is Dedicated to the Memory of
the Men and Women
of this District who Served
Australia in War and Conflict.
Visited: 1347, Monday, 16 May, 2016