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Lieutenant Colonel Richard MortPrint Page 
19-October-2018
Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown
The library commemorates Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Mort (1906 - 2002).
Lieutenant Colonel R.S. Mort, had been involved in the restoration of the former defence installation in the 1970s. Decades earlier, he had been stationed at Stockton's Fort Wallace the night Newcastle was attacked by a Japanese submarine on June 8, 1942, when Fort Scratchley's guns returned fire at the sub.
Location
| Address: | Nobbys Road, Fort Scratchley Historic Site, The Richard (Dick) Mort Memorial Library, Newcastle East, 2300 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -32.926123 Long: 151.791139 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
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| Monument Type: | Structure |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Military |
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Dedication
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Front Inscription
Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MAMonument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
