MemorialsWauchope RSL Centenary Memorial Wall 1914-2014
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The memorial consists of a brick and stone wall, located outside the entrance to the Wauchope RSL Club. It has a number of plaques attached, inscribed with the names and dates of conflicts and peacekeeping missions in which Australians have served. The wall was unveiled by Dr David Gillespie MP, Federal Member of Lyne, as part of a Remembrance Day commemorative service on 11 November 2014 at the nearby Wauchope War Memorial. From the Wauchope Gazette, 11 November 2014: Wauchope R.S.L. sub-branch president Des Hancock read the Remembrance Day dedication, the Salvation's Army Jim Crobie read the prayer and the Wauchope High School Captain's Eliza Colby and Willis Thompson spoke about the significance of the day. ...[M]any of those present walked the short distance to the Wauchope RSL Club for the Dedication of the Centenary Memorial Wall there. The Wauchope RSL sub-branch's Alex Hamilton spoke of the significance of the memorial and the meaning of the remembrance poppies and, after a prayer by Jim Crombie and a brief address by the Member for Lyne, David Gillespie, they unveiled the plaque.