A new avenue of honour and memorial garden in Sunshine will pay tribute to locals who fought in World War I.
Sunshine Historical Society and Sunshine RSL have spent 18 months establishing the avenue of honour and memorial garden within the Kevin Wheelahan Gardens.
The $52,000 project was funded through the ANZAC centenary local grants program, Brimbank council, Sunshine RSL, Sunshine Historical Society, Sunshine Lions and Sunshine Rotary.
Hundreds of grades five and six students from across Brimbank will attend the opening this week while also paying tribute to the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli’s Anzac Cove landing.
Alan Dash, of the Sunshine Historical Society, said that in 1917, Hugh Victor McKay established an avenue of honour along Sun Crescent, Sunshine, with bronze plaques detailing the names of locals in World War I.
By 1956, the avenue of honour had been pulled up and the plaques discarded.
Mr Dash said it was important for future generations to understand that Australia is a place of peace because of servicemen and women.
Sunshine Historical Society and Sunshine RSL will open the avenue of honour and memorial garden this Thursday at 10.30am at the Kevin Wheelahan Gardens, 70 Devonshire Road, Sunshine. Phone 9311 6372 for details.
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