Premium Content A celebration of Maryborough s military heroes is set to be held next month. The event will be held on February 25 from 10am and has been put together by the Maryborough Mural Project, members of the Butchulla community and the Maryborough Military and Colonial Museum. The project in conjunction with its community partners have now completed its mural program for the museum, Deborah Hannam, the co-founder of the mural project initiative, said. Murals have now been completed for indigenous soldier Wilfred Walter Reeves, who completed active service in the 39th Infantry Battalion on the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea in 1942, Reverend Philip Thomas Byard Clayton an army chaplain who served during World War One and Frank Lawrence, Maryborough s most decorated World War Two veteran.
Long march of half a century from Nui Dat to Maryborough They went their different ways after Vietnam but 50 years later these two army buddies chummed up again at Maryborough. Enjoying a beer at the bar during the Maryborough RSL Sub Branch Christmas lunch were Rod Lees (left) and Ralph Ackerman.
News Nancy Bates 13th Dec 2020 6:00 PM
IT’S been a long march from Vietnam 50 years ago through the Gold Coast region but two army buddies from Delta Company couldn’t be happier with where they have ended up – in Maryborough.
And there’s even a roadworthy Ferret scout car in the city, a much-photographed asset of the Maryborough Military Museum.