FORGOTTEN DIGGERS
The Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project aims to identify War Heroes lying in unmarked graves in N.S.W and to erect a concrete base with concrete plinth and bronze plaque at their gravesite to commemorate their service to Australia.
Generally, War Heroes that do not meet DVA criteria for official commemoration at the gravesite fall under this project. The following graves have been identified and work is in progress to have inscribed plaques installed on these generally unmarked graves, to restore their Honour and Dignity, so they are Forever Remembered.
Lest We Forget.
Installation of bases and plinths to mount plaques on each grave in Sandgate Cemetery is awaiting approval from Northern Cemeteries Trust.
In the interim, a virtual memorial has been placed on each site.
- Select a battle from the gray pull down menu “Filter By” and the location of veterans who fought in that battle will appear as a
coloured drop pin. The names of those veterans will appear on the list on the left edge. Click on a name to select OR scroll down the list with your mouse. Names are in Surname order. - Your location will be shown by
a yellow drop pin. - Some names may appear more than once. This denotes they fought in more than one battle.
coloured drop pin. The names of those veterans will appear on the list on the left edge. Click on a name to select OR scroll down the list with your mouse. Names are in Surname order
a yellow drop pin.