Lang Lang Cenotaph - WW1 - Victoria, Australia
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S 38° 15.927 E 145° 33.792
55H E 374305 N 5763755
The granite obelisk in the Lang Lang Cenotaph was built to commemorate the locals "who gave their lives in Service to their King and Country".
Waymark Code: WMX39J
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 11/20/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
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This is a tall 'pink rose-coloured' granite obelisk for those who served in World War One. On the south face of the Obelisk, below a bronze laurel wreath, in gilded lettering are the TWENTY ONE locals of Lang Lang who went to World War One, and were Killed In Action. They are:

Barry S.R.
Cameron L.D.
Chase W.W.C
Coleman G.J.
Dubberke H.
Eden A.R.
Jackson D.K.
Jackson S.A.
Keating P.J.
Nicholls A.G.
Power C.J.
Richards J.R.
Rowl N.
Samuel B.H.
Smith W.J.
Stephenson W.J.
Stewart A.J.
Vinnell A.
Vinnell A.C.
Wise J.
Wise T.

[Any Errors in transcribing are by mine!]

Below, on the upper south-facing polished granite face of the base is:

     "Erected
   by the Citizens of
 Lang Lang and District
In Proud Memory Of Those
  Who Gave Their Lives
In Service To Their King
      and Country
     Lest We Forget"

Address: 1 Westernport Road, Lang Lang, Victoria, 3894
Website: Lang Lang Cenotaph
Heritage: Report

Visited: 1830, Sunday, 22 May, 2016
Private or Public Monument?: Private

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: 'Public subscription'

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Australia/New Zealand

Physical Address of Monument:
1 Westernport Road, Lang Lang, Victoria, 3894
Lang Lang, Victoria Australia
3894


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