100 years of ANZAC - South West Rocks, NSW, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 30° 53.048 E 153° 02.355
56J E 503751 N 6583238
This plaque, at the path entry to the Cenotaph is for the 100 year commemoration of ANZAC - Australian & New Zealand Army Corp - 1914-1918.
Waymark Code: WMXQWF
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 02/15/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TeamBPL
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The bronze plaque is on an angled, almost rectangular, roughly hewn block of granite, at the start of a curving concrete path to the South West Rocks Cenotaph, just south of Horseshoe Bay. The plaque reads:
   SOUTH WEST ROCKS RSL SUB BRANCH
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		 THE SPIRIT
		    LIVES
		 2014-2018
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     In memory of those who gave their lives
	 for Australia in World War One
     5th August 1914 to 11th November 1918

   Their sacrifice and contribution to the Nation will never be forgotten.
This Memorial Pathway Opened by Captain M.J. McCormack, Royal Australian Navy
  On the 25th April 2015, the 100th Anniversary of the Landing at Gallipoli.
		LEST WE FORGET


Location of the ANZAC Commemorative Plaque, and the Cenotaph

Visited: 1438, Sunday, 30 April, 2017
Subject: Town

Commemoration: 2018

Date of Founding: 5th August 1914

Date of Commemoration: 25 April 2015

Address:
Corner Livingstone Avenue & Ocean Drive, South West Rocks, NSW, 2431

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