Beeac Wallace Street Avenue of Honour

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Location Wallace Street, Beeac, Colac-Otway - Victoria, Australia
Type living
Description

The ceremony of planting a tree in memory of each of the Beeac soldiers who died in World War One took place in Wallace Street on the 7th July 1917. The idea of the planting of the trees was conceived by the Patriotic Committee. The names of whom the trees represented were read out by the President of the Committee , Mr Stephens and the trees were numbered.

In 1915 a tree was planted in the road opposite the school in memory of Private Ernest IIlett a former scholar. A tree had also been planted in the town in 1916 in memory of Austin Turner another soldier who had fallen in World War One.
Colac Herald ,11th July 1917.

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Established Not yet discovered
Commenced Not yet discovered
Opened 7 July 1917
Condition

Good

Conflict World War 1

Tree

Showing 3 Trees in avenue

WHITE, Walter Thomas

Service number 99
Private
21st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

MISSEN, Oliver Richard

Service number 1973
Private
21st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 4 Aug 1889

SALMON, John Allen

Service number 561
Private
4th Machine Gun Company
AIF WW1
Born Sep 1888

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