The outside page is thickened Cream Cardboard folded in half. The writing on the front page is in gold of various fonts and sizes. The emblem is outlined in gold with the Square and Compass also in Gold with the inside coloured in light blue. The Square and Compass are printed over light blue. The two folded pages are held together with a light blue ribbon The writing is surrounded by embossing with light blue colour around the edge. The middle page is cream paper with Dark Blue printing of various sizes and fonts. f j allaway, a e anscombe, a c batty, v e belgrave, r o blake, m c bolton, c a bond, box hill lodge no 221, f h boyett, h l caldecott, alfred clifford cameron, f w cameron, a e caple, j r carr, a c carter, harry carter, e h chown, h conabere, a j m crow, j crow, j a crow, james crow, l c crow, r crowe, cruffel lodge no 441, g l daniel, d j davidson, w dimmick, c ebeling, l d ebeling, w fathers, h m gedye, a a gibson, c g gill, a a gourley, a lee haslem, john henderson, j hendry, f p hudson, a r hunt, j r hunter, j illingworth, a v jacobson, s g jacobson, r g jans, a jones, j jones, s jones, masonic temple, box hill, g p nicholls, c t oliver, w b pattinson, r f pedley, v l pope, j k poustie, j h richards, d robertson, f j a rosenfeldt, e f russell, r f russell, dr c carty salmon, g a sharman, r w sharpe, w e simmons, o h smith, s h smith, a b sturtevant, g tancock, c j taylor, a c tester, d m thompson, w d thomson, g e tonkin, w g tuck, r h tuff, a a tully, c e williams, f g wilson, a r g withers

One thickened sheet of cream paper folded in half. The front is printed in dark blue ink of various fonts and sizes. It has a surrounding outline with a design in each corner. It also has the Square and Compass printed on it. The middle is again printed in dark blue ink of various sizes and Fonts. The back page is printed in dark blue of various sizes and Fonts. It has two double lines with the emblem of the Compass and Square in the middle. f j allaway, a e anscombe, a c batty, v e belgrave, r o blake, m c bolton, c a bond, box hill lodge no 221, f h boyett, h l caldecott, alfred clifford cameron, f w cameron, a e caple, j r carr, a c carter, harry carter, e h chown, h conabere, a j m crow, j crow, j a crow, james crow, l c crow, r crowe, cruffel lodge no 441, g l daniel, d j davidson, w dimmick, c ebeling, l d ebeling, w fathers, h m gedye, a a gibson, c g gill, a a gourley, a lee haslem, john henderson, j hendry, f p hudson, a r hunt, j r hunter, j illingworth, a v jacobson, s g jacobson, r g jans, a jones, j jones, s jones, masonic temple, box hill, g p nicholls, c t oliver, w b pattinson, r f pedley, v l pope, j k poustie, j h richards, d robertson, f j a rosenfeldt, e f russell, r f russell, dr c carty salmon, g a sharman, r w sharpe, w e simmons, o h smith, s h smith, a b sturtevant, g tancock, c j taylor, a c tester, d m thompson, w d thomson, g e tonkin, w g tuck, r h tuff, a a tully, c e williams, f g wilson, a r g withers

The monument commemorates those from Avoca who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved. It was dedicated on18 November 1921. The memorial was later rededicated in 1988 to also remember those who served in the Second World War. During the First World War, 137 men from the Avoca area volunteered for the armed services and of this number 29 were killed. A plaque, unveiled in 1984, commemorates Sergeant Lewis McGee V.C who enlisted from Avoca in World War One. Colour photograph of the Avoca World War One. The Memorial is an octagonal building of rendered brick supported on eight columns with rounded engaged columns on the central section of each. At the top of the rounded section is a shield decoration. World War One Fallen Auls A. Beavis J. Beer C. Brown J.A. Brown J.N. Burns W. Dobley L. Driver W.H. Evans C.G.H. Fish W. Harrowfield N. Henderson J.H. Henry C.A. Howell T.P. Kiehl A. Lambert S. Lansdell H. Livingstone J. McArdle J.E.F. McDowell W.R. Oppy W. Rowlands W. Rowlands H. Smith S.W. Summers D.L. Templeton C. Turpin H. Willmott C. Wrigley F. Yates L.R. World War One Honour Roll Anderson N.W. Armstrong H.M. Barry R.E. Beavis JOHN. Blain J. Bowen L. Bradley H.J. Brazil F. Brereton W.C. Brereton C. Brown H. Burke J.F. Burke P. Burnett W. Cain H.C. Calnan C. Chandler R.W. Chandler H. Chaplan W. Coates E. Cross F. Cross C. Crute A.T. Cullip C. Daly J. Derrick E.A. Diamond C.P. Doodt D. Doodt C. Douglas J.O. Ebeling C. Elliot T. Elliot N. Elliot W.N. Ford H. Fraser D.C. French W. French W.H. French C. Garner J. Gee J. Gee F.R. Gibson C.A. Golder A. Golder F. Gollop H. Gouce W. Greenwood H. Greenwood W. Harbour H.J.H. Harris N. Harrow R. Harrowfield B. Hellings D. Henderson C. Henderson J.J. Henderson T.A. Hilderbrand W. Holland H.S. Hughes W. Jardine J.W. Jardine W.E. Jardine J.A. Johnson G. Johnson W. Johnson REG. Johns Kitchen G.R. Laidlow R.T. Larkins James. Leyden J.M. Leyden P.J. Lindsay F. Lyons P.L. McEwan F. McVicar F.C. McVicar A.A. Mitchell T.T. Moodie A. Nicholson E. Porter A.B. Randall W. Redpath S. Reeves H. Reid E. Resuggan A. Robinson R.W. Samers V. Scott R.V. Sims H.L. Stavely W. Torney S. Williams H. Willmott H. Wilmott D. Wilson B.C. Wilson A. Wiltshire C. Witherden T. Witherden D. Yates J.O. Young F. Johnson F. Kitchell P. Kitchen A.L.avoca, avoca war memorial

From Gwen Mousley Collectiondeer park, history

Officers of the 8th Australian Imperial Force. Officers resting, while on manoeuvres, among them William T. Yates of Camperdown. Yates survived Gallipoli, went to France where he won a Distinguished Conduct Medal at Bullecourt and survived a bullet wound to the head in 1917. In 1919 he went to America to study agriculture prior to becoming a soldier settler in the Sunraysia region. The rush for water the heat of the desert among parched troops on manoeuvres. "Officers 'C' Coy (company) 8th A.I.F resting at Ismailia, Suez Canal" Lieut (Lieutenant) Ebeling, Barrett, Yates, Feb 1915 Lieut Couve 8th A.I.F, Mena Camp, Cairo Egypt Jan 1915 On manoeuvres, Mena, Cairo, Egypt. W.T.S dealing out to men who are rushing the water cart, Jan 1915 8th australian imperial force, officers, william t. yates, camperdown, desert, suez canal, ismailia, 8th a.i.f, australian infantry force, lieutenant, cairo, egypt, ww1, world war 1, soldiers, war