The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

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| label3 = Location | data3 = Prince of Wales Park, Ballarat, Victoria

| label4 = Dedication Date | data4 = 6 Feb 2004

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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.

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.

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.

Monument Details

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