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Remberance Way - Hoods Lagoon Clermont
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Description

Remembrance Way in the Anzac Park section of Hood Lagoon contains a number of stone based structures and bronze commemorative plaques of considerable significance. From the recognition of the service contributions made by local Clermont Aboriginal people, to other localsfrom Clermont including Nurse Beatrice Huston, the first Queensland Nurse to go to war - the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa; and Trooper Victor sStanley Jones, the first Australian Soldier to be killed in war - as a Soldier in the Boer War on 1 January 1900.

A further memorial in the form of a bunker re-creation marks the contribution made by William (Billy) Sing DCM, the crack sniper of the Anzacs.

Other plaques have been placed by locals to honour other men and women from Clermont who have served in the Australian Armed Services.

Inscription

LEST WE FORGET

Conflicts

South African War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Other

Memorial type

Stone/cairn/plinth

Contributions

Isaac Regional Council

Photos

Remberance Way - Hoods Lagoon Clermont
Honour Rolls of Fallen and other Service Personnel from Clermont
Memorial to the many Aboriginal Australians serving their country
Nurse Beatrice Huston - first Queensland Nurse to go to War
Trooper Victor Stanley Jones - first Australian Solder killed in war.

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