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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald

Honoring 'Newcastle's Own' battalion on Rememberance Day

Frank Jarrett, of 'Newcastle's Own', never came home. Picture by Simone De Peak, insert supplied by Australian War Memorial

Outside the old Post Office on Hunter Street is the Great War Memorial, with its poignant statue of the Australian soldier, arms reversed and head bowed.

The Memorial's foundation stone was laid early in April 1916, less than one year after the landing at Gallipoli.

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