Melbourne,+11th+July+1940+Air+Raid+Casualties

The war memorial is located on Church Street, Melbourne

Inscription: On 11 July 1940, at this site, a bombing raid killed nine soldiers of the Royal Engineers. Lance Corporal @N Wild Sapper @R Butterworth  Sapper @J E Carter  Sapper H Cook  Sapper @A W Gardner  Sapper @H S Killiner  Sapper @J W Robinson  Sapper @W Saxby  Sapper @N Simpson We will remember them. The Melbourne Branch of the Royal British Legion 2010



Sources used: Soldiers Died in the Second World War CD-ROM - Naval & Military Press Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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