A commemoration of military history with amazing stories of daring, vision and service linked to the Hilltops region of Southern NSW.
YOUNG
First stop is Anderson Park, named for Col Charles Anderson the top- ranking Australian soldier to be awarded a Victoria Cross, the highest award for acts of bravery in wartime. Also at the park, hundreds of local servicemen and women are remembered at the World War 11 cenotaph and at separate obelisks to those who served in Korea and Vietnam. Move on to the World War 1 soldiers’ memorial tower and wall of memorial boards at Young Town Hall in Boorowa Street. Inside, inspect banners proclaiming the Rats of Tobruk, and the role of Albert David Reid MC in the 1917 Charge of Beersheba. Across the road; a former ammunitions factory now houses Base Warehouse.
MURRUMBURRAH / HARDEN
Arriving from Young to Harden/Murrumburrah find the bronzed statue of Australian’s best known war horse, Bill the Bastard depicting his miraculous rescue feat at the Battle of Romani. Across the road the Light Horse Memorial and Major General Kenneth McKay statue celebrate formation of The First Australian Horse, a cavalry volunteer troop, the pre-curser to the Light Horse regiment. Nearby at Murrimboola Creek are commemorative plaques.
BOOROWA
Admire the distinctive octagonal red brick building in the main street, the winning design in an Institute of Architects competition for a Boorowa memorial to remember ex-service men and women who enlisted for World War 1. Situated in the main street, the memorial is a pivotal landmark. Admire the Boorowa Remembers Anzac Centenary World War 1 Memory Project celebrating 26 Boorowa men and women recognised for meritorious service. Notice the Lone Pine that was a seedling sourced from the original Gallipoli pinecones returned from the front
JUGIONG
Functional and picturesque, the Jugiong War Memorial Park offers travellers a picnic and rest area as well as a place to remember the contribution of those who served in conflicts during World War 1 and 11. The steel gates were constructed to remember John Timothy Franks and Oliver Willis Osborne who were killed during fighting in World War 11.
OTHER VILLAGES
In addition to the major war memorial sites in Hilltops towns there are also 23 villages in the region where memorials are also located, helping to emphasise the huge contribution of rural citizens in Australia’s military history.
