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Lyle Houlahan Park Gun Dedication Memorial, Moree

Lyle Houlahan Park Gun Dedication Memorial, Moree
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Lyle Houlahan Park Gun Dedication Memorial, trench mortar
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Lyle Houlahan Park Gun Dedication Memorial, trench mortar plaque
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Lyle Houlahan Park Gun Dedication Memorial, Howitzer
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Lyle Houlahan Park Gun Dedication Memorial, Howitzer plaque
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Lyle Houlahan Park Gun Dedication Memorial plaque
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Description / Background

The two artillery pieces located in Moree's Lyle Houlahan Park commemorate Australians who have served in all wars. The first is a German Trench Mortar (7.6cm) from 1914 and the second is an Australian 25 pound Howitzer from 1943. Dedicated on 18 August 2009, the artillery was donated to the Moree Plains people by the Moree and District Services Club and restored by the Moree Plains Shire Council. A dedication plaque is attached to a large bushrock nearby. 

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Dedication plaque

Gun Dedication

Dedicated to those who served in all Wars

The Artillery was donated to the people of Moree Plains by the Moree & District Services Club and restored by Moree Plains Shire Council.

Please remember the brave men and women who answere the Nation's call and gallantly served their Country.

18 August 2009

Cr Katrina Humphries Mayor

David Aber General Manager

Veterans listed on this memorial

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Address
Cnr Alice Street and Gwydir Highway
Moree NSW 2400
Local Government Area
Moree Plains Shire
Setting
Garden/park
Memorial type
War trophy
Other
Recorded by
Graham Wilson OAM
Dedication date
18 August 2009
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
All conflicts