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Casino and District Memorial Hospital Sculpture and Honour Roll

Casino and District Memorial Hospital Sculpture and Honour Roll
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Casino and District Memorial Hospital Sculpture and Honour Roll
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Casino and District Memorial Hospital Memorial Sculpture and World War II Honour Roll, close up of honour roll
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Casino and District Memorial Hospital Sculpture and Honour Roll, close-up of plaque under honour roll
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Casino and District War Memorial Hospital, memorial wall in foyer
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Description / Background

This large metal sculpture features an eternal flame, with the words 'Lest we forget' in embossed lettering. Below the sculpture is a metal honour roll dedicated to those Australians who served in the Second World War and conflicts in South East Asia. It was dedicated on 25 April 1982 by Reverend Hank Smit, on behalf of the Casino Ministers Fraternal.

The memorial is located in the entrance foyer of the Casino and District Memorial Hospital. Hanging on the wall either side is the Casino and District Memorial Hospital First World War Roll of Honour and underneath it is the Casino and District Memorial Hospital Second World War Commemorative Plaque

Inscription

Sculpture

Lest we forget

Honour roll 

World War II

1939 Memorial 1945

Casino & District 

Our glorious dead

[Names]

South East Asia 1951–1972

[Names]

Plaque underneath honour roll

This memorial sculpture

was dedicated by

Rev. Hank Smit

on behalf of Casino 

Ministers Fraternal

25-4-82

R.S.L.A. Casino Sub Branch

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Address
Casino and District Memorial Hospital
Cnr Hotham and Canterbury Streets
Casino NSW 2470
Local Government Area
Richmond Valley Council
Setting
Building – inside
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Statue/sculpture/artwork
Recorded by
Graham Wilson
Year of construction
1982
Dedication date
25 April 1982
Conflict/s
Second World War, 1939–45
Korean War, 1950–53
Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
Indonesian Confrontation, 1963–66
Vietnam War, 1962–75