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Claude CooperPrint Page 
19-March-2016
Photographs supplied by Peter F Williams
The plaque commemorates indigenous volunteer bushfire fighter Claude Cooper who died on the 3rd December 1957 while fighting fires in the Blue Mountains.
On 2 December 1957 huge fires raged through Blue Mountains towns. The worst-hit were Leura and Wentworth Falls, where 158 homes, shops, schools, churches and a hospital were destroyed (130 at Leura alone). At the peak of the blaze up to 1000 men fought desperately to save homes throughout the towns.
Location
| Address: | Great Western Highway, Lily Pond , Faulconbridge, 2776 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.702764 Long: 150.531347 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Dedication
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Front Inscription
To The Memory Of
CLAUDE COOPER
Volunteer Bush Fire Fighter
Of The Faulconbridge District
Died 3rd December 1957
Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA,HMonument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
