Soldiers Memorial Hall Mural sponsors
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Soldiers Memorial Hall / Sponsored by the Nar Nar Goon
Bingo Club, Tennis Club, Mariah Hill Alpaca Ranch / Chairo Christian School, St. James Church Iona, Melbourne Aquarium / Community Centre, St. James Catholic School, Bev, Kev, Cara & Matt Mellowship / Cricket Club, St .John’s Anglican Church, Barbara Morris & family / Euchre Club, Bunyip Country Lavender Farm, Ocean Bridge Units, Lakes Ent. / Fire Brigade, Bernie & Phylis Byrne, Puffing Billy / Football Club, Cardinia Business Dev. Group, Rich River Caravan Park / Goon News, RJ & JJ Chatfield, Robert Gordon Pottery / Kindergarten, Coal Creek Heritage Village, Serindipity Lavender Farm / Netball Club, Gumbuya Park, South East Newspapers / Primary School, R Hughes, Werribee Open Range Zoo / RSL Sub Branch, Light Horse & Field Art.’ Museum
Rendered by Peter & Brian Dore & Alan Duke / Painted by Andrew Rowe 0412 530.870
Opening Ceremony plaque
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Nar Nar Goon Soldier’s Memorial / Community Centre
This building / was officially opened by / His Excellency / The Honorable Sir Henry A Winneke / KCMG, KCVO, OBE, K St. J, QC / Governor of Victoria / on the 29th March 1980
Past Presidents & Life Members Shield
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Nar Nar Goon RSL Sub Branch / Past Presidents
Cazzally / T Houlihan / T Houlihan 1946 / M Howell 1947 /WA Flagg 1948 / WA Flagg 1949 / JH Marchant 1950 / JH Marchant. 1951 / JH Marchant 1952 / JH Marchant 1953 / R Templeton 1954 / R Templeton 1955 / RA Slocombe 1956 / E Combes 1957 / E Coombs 1958 / BA Price 1959 / BA Price 1960 / RA Bramish 1961 / RA Bramish 1962 / EJ Higgs 1963 / WL Cowell 1964 / WL Cowell 1965 / H James 1980/88 / W McMaster 1988/94 / M. Murray 1994–
Life Member G McGrath / Life member J H Marchant / Life member R Bramich / Life member J Parker
Great War Honor Roll
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Great European War / 1914-1919 Roll of Honor
Men who enlisted from Nar Nar Goon
A Alto (MM) / Blackwell GD / Blackwell, RB / +Child A / Cahir KJ / Chatfield FN / Castle W / Carter G /+Dore DJ / Drummond WN / Edwards ES / Ferguson A / Gaskett A / Gaskett W / +Harris L / Huby C / Holcombe AJ / Jones AAC / Kidd J / +Lamb CH / Liston C / Lia M (MM) / Ledger J / Moore WF / Madden F (MM) / +Madden T / Matthews G / Mortimer TEG / McCarthy D / +Nash H / +Ord AL / O’Brien JJ / O’Brien DF / +Olsen CC / Olsen RH / Prior JSG / Perry S / +Pepper HH / Pettman IW / Rodgers TA / Richardson WS / Richardson HC / Reid K / Rowe W / +Smith JF / Startup RW / +Taylor, WD / Warren RJ / Wilson R (DCM) / White S / Wade A
+ Supreme sacrifice
1939-1945 Honor Roll
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Nar Nar Goon 1939-1945 / Honor Roll
Men who enlisted and served overseas
Arnold A. Killed in action / Blackwell E / Brown J / Cahir K / Dempster P / Gallagher H / Hampton R / Harris M / Jones J. Died on active service / Knight H / McGrath G / Matthews A / Miller L /
Moore L / Taylor K / Thorn C / Thorn J /Wheeler F
Vietnam War Honour Roll
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In Honour
LL Cowell, DJ Roche / GW Pye, G Vallender / TM Pye, HY Van Diemen
Vietnam War / 1962-1973
Eddie Lowen plaque
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This plaque was erected to honour / the memory of volunteer fireman / OEJ (Eddie) Lowen.
A member of / the Nar Nar Goon Fire Brigade / who lost his life in / the Cockatoo bushfire disaster / on 16th February 1983.
Surveyed on: 22 May 2013
Surveyed by: Fay and Anne
Nar Nar Goon VIC 3812, Australia
Searching for history of Nar Nar Goon ex service mebers
Hello Jack,
thanks for looking at our website. Are you looking for anyone in particular or working on a project perhaps? Have you taken a look at Heather Arnold’s excellent blog (details below)?
If you’d like to email our Research Officer (research.officer@nwfhg.org.au) with a bit more detail about what you’re looking for we’ll do our best to help.
regards, Lynne
I have researched the World War One soldiers on this Memorial – their service numbers and connection to Nar Nar Goon and surrounds, amongst other information, can be found at http://caseycardinia1914-1918.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/nar-nar-goon-and-nar-nar-goon-north.html