The Remembrance Driveway in Australia is a road and memorial system of arboreal parks, plantations, and road-side rest areas that provide a living memorial in honour of those who served in the Australian Defence Forces in World War II, the Korean War, Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War, and who continue to serve around the world. The most prominent feature of the driveway are a series of rest areas dedicated in honour of the Australian Victoria Cross recipients from World War II onwards.

Route

The northeastern terminus of the Remembrance Driveway is in Macquarie Place, Sydney, and follows the Hume Highway, Hume Motorway, a small section of the Old Hume Highway, and Federal Highway between Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales, and Canberra, the national capital, where its southwestern terminus is at Remembrance Park, adjacent to the Australian War Memorial.

The Remembrance Driveway was instituted in 1954 when Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh marked the beginning of the Driveway by planting two plane trees in Macquarie Place.

Rest areas

The Victoria Cross rest areas and memorial parks sited along the Driveway honour the 24 Australian World War II and Vietnam War Victoria Cross winners.

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| rowspan=2| Hume Motorway

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| Partridge VC

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| Frank Partridge

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| Kenna VC

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| Edward Kenna

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| rowspan=7|Hume Highway

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| Gordon VC

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| Jim Gordon

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| Mackey VC

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| Jack Mackey

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| Penrose

| Kingsbury VC

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| Bruce Kingsbury

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| Chowne VC

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| Albert Chowne

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| Derrick VC

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| Tom Derrick

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| rowspan=2|Yarra

| French VC

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| Jack French

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| Kibby VC

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| Bill Kibby

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| rowspan=9|Federal Highway

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| Edmonson VC

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| John Edmondson

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| Gratwick VC

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| Percy Gratwick

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| rowspan=4|Lake George

| Gurney VC

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| Stan Gurney

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| Badcoe VC

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| Peter Badcoe

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| Wheatley VC

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| Kevin Wheatley

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| Anderson VC

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| Charles Anderson

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| rowspan=2|Bywong

| Middleton VC

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| Ron Middleton

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| Newton VC

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| Bill Newton

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| rowspan=5 align=center|ACT

| Majura

| Edwards VC

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| Sir Hughie Edwards

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| rowspan=4|Treloar Crescent

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| Kelliher VC

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| Richard Kelliher

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| Rattey VC

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| Reg Rattey

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| Simpson VC

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| Ray Simpson

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| Starcevich VC

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| Tom Starcevich

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See also

  • Military history of Australia

References

  • Remembrance Driveway web site with maps
  • VC Citations