Thanksforyourservice Podcast 44-The Shrine, Surrey Gardens, Melbourne, Australia.

Welcome to podcast number 44 for Thanks for your Service.

In many towns in many parks across Australia, you will almost certainly find a war memorial in dedication to those who served and died in wars from the Boer War to Afghanistan.  I live in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and one particular memorial that I visited recently has a unique design.  The Shrine at Surrey Gardens in Surrey Hills, features a carved timber Honour Roll.  The Shrine was dedicated in 1918 before the armistice.  Sandra Dexter with a background in journalism and editing joins us to talk about the history of the shrine and her recent involvement to identify servicemen and women from Surrey Hills and Mont Albert.

In 1919 the two canons that flank the shrine were relocated from the Canterbury Sports Grounds and are known as Brooks babies.  The origins of the guns may well be the subject of a future podcast.

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