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Stoneleigh Soldier Settlement Plaque : November 2013
Stoneleigh Soldier Settlement : November 2013

Photographs supplied by Nancy Alford

The plaque commemorates the establishment of the Stoneleigh Soldier Settlement by 17 returned servicemen and their families in 1953.

Location

Address:1868 Beaufort - Carranballa Road, Stoneleigh CFA, Stoneleigh, 3373
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.598946
Long: 143.219744
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Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 18th April, 1999
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Front Inscription

World War II : 1939 - 1945

This plaque commemorates the establishment of the Stoneleigh Soldier Settlement by the following seventeen returned servicemen who, with their families, established properties in 1953 on land acquired from Stoneleigh and Mawallok Estates

R E Alexander  R H Harker  J F Scully
W R Biggin       W Heenan   E E Sharrock
G H Chapman  B Hogan      W R Tantau
D B Bruce        J H Hooke    D C Threadgold
W O Farnham  A E Poulton  J A  Wilkinson
A Hayes           N S Reid

This plaque was sponsored by the Rural Finance Corporation and unveiled by Lewis Officer on 18 - 4 - 1999
 

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA
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