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The plaque commemorates nurses who died in service or were killed in action in World War Two on the ships, "M.V. Vyner Brooke", "A.H.S. Centaur",  "A.H.S. Manunda" and on Royal Australian Air Force Medivac Flights.

Location

Address:300 Waterdale Road, Repatriation Hospital, Remembrance Garden, Heidelberg, 3081
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.755725
Long: 145.047069
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Actual Event Start Date:03-September-1939
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Actual Event End Date:15-August-1945
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Thursday 11th November, 2004
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Front Inscription

Nurses who gave their lives during World War II

"M.V. Vyner Brooke"  14 February 1942  
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 "A.H.S. Centaur", 14 May 1943
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"A.H.S. Manunda" 19 February 1942
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RAAF Medivac Flights
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Lest We Forget

11 November 2004

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA
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