Lest we forget

Learning about individual heroics and struggles helps us to deepen our compassion and understanding of their sacrifices and also enhance our admiration for their courage, resilience and commitment to public duty.

Trace the lives of significant men and women who have contributed to the fabric of our great nation by downloading our free Victorian War Heritage Booklet Here.External site

Brave, Victorian citizens, both men and women have been involved in wars since the nineteenth century.

Written below are just a handful of hundreds of stories of service and sacrifice, some of the many stories captured within our War Booklet of those memorialised in the beautiful grounds at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, some of which are also noted in our War Graves Tour.

In an attempt to broaden our understanding of service and sacrifice, those featured include individuals from various cultural and religious backgrounds.

Download our free Victorian War Heritage Booklet hereExternal site, and read about the lives of many significant men and women who sacrificed to much for our great country.

Springvale War Cemetery is the official War Cemetery in Victoria, and is the final resting places for many courageous soldiers.It is through sharing the stories of these brave servicemen and servicewomen resting peacefully at Springvale Botanical Cemetery and the Springvale War Cemetery that we begin to understand the significant sacrifices that were made for our country.

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