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Wauchope RSL Centenary Memorial Wall 1914-2014

Wauchope RSL Centenary Memorial Wall 1914-2014
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Wauchope RSL Centenary Memorial Wall, full length
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Wauchope RSL Centenary Memorial Wall, dedication plaque
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Wauchope RSL Centenary Memorial Wall, Second World War plaque
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Wauchope RSL Centenary Memorial Wall, Vietnam War plaque
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Wauchope RSL Centenary Memorial Wall, other conflicts and peacekeeping plaque
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Wauchope RSL Centenary Memorial Wall, Saluting their Service plaque
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Description / Background

The memorial consists of a brick and stone wall, located outside the entrance to the Wauchope RSL Club. It has a number of plaques attached, inscribed with the names and dates of conflicts and peacekeeping missions in which Australians have served.

The wall was unveiled by Dr David Gillespie MP, Federal Member of Lyne, as part of a Remembrance Day commemorative service on 11 November 2014 at the nearby Wauchope War Memorial

From the Wauchope Gazette, 11 November 2014:

Wauchope R.S.L. sub-branch president Des Hancock read the Remembrance Day dedication, the Salvation's Army Jim Crobie read the prayer and the Wauchope High School Captain's Eliza Colby and Willis Thompson spoke about the significance of the day.

...[M]any of those present walked the short distance to the Wauchope RSL Club for the Dedication of the Centenary Memorial Wall there.

The Wauchope RSL sub-branch's Alex Hamilton spoke of the significance of the memorial and the meaning of the remembrance poppies and, after a prayer by Jim Crombie and a brief address by the Member for Lyne, David Gillespie, they unveiled the plaque.

Inscription

Dedication plaque

Wauchope RSL

Centenary Memorial Wall

1914-2014

Unveiled by

Dr David Gillespie MP

Federal Member for Lyne

11 November 2014

Plaque 1

World War I

[Royal Australian Navy emblem]

1914 - 1918

Plaque 2

World War II 

[Australian Air Force emblem]

1939 - 1945

Plaque 3

Korea 1950 - 1953

Plaque 4

Vietnam 1962 - 1975

Plaque 5

UN 1947 - 2014

Plaque 6

UN Conflicts ~ Peacekeeping

Indonesia 1947 - 1951

Indonesia 1963 - 1966

Cambodia 1989 - 1993

Somalia 1992 - 1995

Bougainville 1994 - 1997

East Timor 1899 - 2014

Plaque 7

Iraq 1990 - 1991 & 2003 - 2009

Plaque 8

Afghanistan 2001 - 2014

Plaque 9

Saluting 100 years of Service

[The Australian Army emblem]

Lest We Forget

Gallipoli

ANZAC SPIRIT

Endurance that will never own Defeat

1915 - 2015

Veterans listed on this memorial

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Address
Wauchope RSL Club
Cnr Young and Cameron Streets
Wauchope NSW 2446
Local Government Area
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
Setting
Building – outside
Location status
Original location
Memorial type
Wall
Recorded by
Graham Wilson
Year of construction
2014
Dedication date
11 November 2014
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Korean War, 1950–53
Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
Indonesian Confrontation, 1963–66
Vietnam War, 1962–75
Iraq: the First Gulf War, 1990–91
Afghanistan, 2001–present
Iraq: the Second Gulf War, 2003–09
Peacekeeping, 1947–present
Materials
Brick
Bronze
Other stone