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Victoria Cross Monument : 13-March-2012

Photographs supplied by Kent Watson / Graeme Saunders

The Victoria Cross Monument, a white sculpted figure of a soldier bearing a rifle above his head, commemorates four Victoria Cross recipients from St Kilda and is dedicated to those who died in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

Location

Address:	Alfred Square, Alfred Square, St Kilda, 3182
State:	VIC
Area:	AUS
GPS Coordinates:	Lat: -37.864929 Long: 144.973794 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.

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Details

Monument Type:	Monument
Monument Theme:	Conflict
Sub-Theme:	Multiple
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Designer:	Peter Schipperheyn
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:	Sunday 21st April, 1985
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Front Inscription

Lest We Forget.

In memory of all Australians who died in war so that we may have peace.

Left Side Inscription

World War 1 1914 - 18
World War 2 1939 - 45
Malaya 1948 - 60
Korea 1950 - 53
Borneo - Sarawak 1962 - 65
Vietnam 1962 - 72

Back Inscription

Right Side Inscription

Captain A. Jacka V.C. M.C. & Bar.
Major W. Ruthven V.C.
Lt. L. D. McCarthy V.C., Croix de Guerre.
Ft. Lt. W. E. Newton V.C

Inscription in Proximity

Source: MA,SKP

Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au