Our Honoured Dead - WW2 - Bright, Victoria, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 36° 43.711 E 146° 57.654
55H E 496508 N 5935242
In Mafeking Square is the Memorial Town Clock Tower, with an Honour Roll for those locals who went to the Second World War, and gave their lives.
Waymark Code: WMX0TN
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 11/09/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ištván
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The Honour Roll for the Second World War is on the western side of the Memorial Clock Tower, that was built in 1929, to honour the fallen of the Great War. The World War 2 Honour Roll reads:

	To the
  Honoured Memory of
the Men of Bright and
  District who Fought
in the Second World War
       1939-1945
  Our Honoured Dead

Bruckner M.	Lumsden C.H.J.M
Burstall R.A.	Manning K.
Davis V.C.	Metcalfe J.E.
Farrelly R.P.F.	Meyer A.
Forrester A.	Roussy J.E.
Harrison R.H.	Walsh L.R.
Higgins L.	Waterhouse W.H.
Howell R.M.	Welch A.G.

At the going down of the sun
    and in the morning
  We will remember them

Above the Honour Roll is the oft repeated stanza of "The Ode", in a bronze Laurel wreath.

Visited: 1614, Tuesday, 17 May, 2016
Property Permission: Public

Access instructions: Walk around Mafeking Square

Access times: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM

Website for Waymark: [Web Link]

Location of waymark:
Ireland Street
Bright, Victoria Australia
3741


Commemoration: Our Honoured Dead

Date of Dedication: Not listed

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