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==History==
 
==History==
The Memorial symbolizes that all Australian prisoners embarked to serve away from their homeland and acknowledges the hardship, deprivation, brutality, starvation and disease endured by Prisoners of War during their capture and the scars many continued to endure upon their repatriation to Australia.
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The Memorial symbolizes that all Australian prisoners embarked to serve away from their homeland, and acknowledges the hardship, deprivation, brutality, starvation and disease endured by many Prisoners of War during their capture and the scars many continued to endure upon their repatriation to Australia.
 
==Setting==
 
==Setting==
Set in the magnificent Botanical Gardens the Memorial is a place of quiet reflection and a place to remember loved ones and to mourn those 8,600 Prisoners of War who died in captivity and remain buried on foreign shores.  
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Set in Ballarat's magnificent Botanical Gardens the Memorial is a place of quiet reflection and a place to remember loved ones and to mourn those 8,600 Prisoners of War who died in captivity and remain buried on foreign shores.  
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
Wall with names engraved, split mid point by six erect stones adorned with the name of country or area of conflict where POWs were taken prisoner. Names are displayed alphabetical by conflict.
 
Wall with names engraved, split mid point by six erect stones adorned with the name of country or area of conflict where POWs were taken prisoner. Names are displayed alphabetical by conflict.
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==Monument Details==
 
==Monument Details==
 
† Died while a Prisoner of War  
 
† Died while a Prisoner of War  
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*[[William Randall Foggon]] April 1941 Greece
*[[Harry Wallace Benson]] April / May 1941 Greece / Crete
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*[[Donald Campell William Henderson]] April 1941 Greece or Crete
*[[James Percy Ray]] April / May 1941 Greece / Crete
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*[[Harry Wallace Benson]] April/May 1941 Greece or Crete
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*[[Andrew David Johnson]] April/May 1941 Greece or Crete
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*[[James Percy Ray]] April/May 1941 Greece or Crete
 
*[[Edward Charles (Ted) Fancote]] May 1941 Crete
 
*[[Edward Charles (Ted) Fancote]] May 1941 Crete
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*[[Maurice Gerard O'Brien]] May 1941 Crete
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*[[Kevin James Higgins]] 31 May 1941 Greece
 
*[[William Randall Foggon]] 2 Jun 1941 Greece
 
*[[William Randall Foggon]] 2 Jun 1941 Greece
 
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*[[Stanley Hubert Hancock]] Jun 1941 Crete
 
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*†[[Kenneth Myers Kroenert]] Jun 1941 Crete
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*[[William James Johnson]] 4 Jun 1941 Crete
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*[[George Garratt]] 6 Jun 1941 Crete
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*†[[Robert Hassett]] 7 Jun 1941 Crete
 
*[[Herbert James Collier]] 27 Jul 1941 Ruin Ridge
 
*[[Herbert James Collier]] 27 Jul 1941 Ruin Ridge
  

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Walls with names engraved
Monument Details
Name The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
Location Botanical Gardens, Ballarat, Victoria
Dedication Date 6 Feb 2004

History

The Memorial symbolizes that all Australian prisoners embarked to serve away from their homeland, and acknowledges the hardship, deprivation, brutality, starvation and disease endured by many Prisoners of War during their capture and the scars many continued to endure upon their repatriation to Australia.

Setting

Set in Ballarat's magnificent Botanical Gardens the Memorial is a place of quiet reflection and a place to remember loved ones and to mourn those 8,600 Prisoners of War who died in captivity and remain buried on foreign shores.

Description

Wall with names engraved, split mid point by six erect stones adorned with the name of country or area of conflict where POWs were taken prisoner. Names are displayed alphabetical by conflict.

Monument Details

† Died while a Prisoner of War

World War I 1914 - 1918

1916

1917

1918


World War II 1939 - 1945

1941

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