Place: Avoca, Tasmania, 7213
District: East Coast
Orientation: 92 km NW of Bicheno
Location: Boucher Memorial Park, Falmouth Street (A4) between Blenheim Street and St Pauls Place
Position: 41 46 95 S     147 43 21 E
Ref: 70059

The memorial is a concrete plinth on a 2 stepped concrete base and is surrounded by a metal post and steel chain fence.

West face
Bronze plaque
IN MEMORY OF
SGT. LEWIS McGEE V.C.
ENLISTED FROM AVOCA
MARCH 1916 WORLD WAR I
AVOCA FINGAL SUB BRANCH
R.S.L.A.  19. 3. 1984

Metal plaque below
"LEST WE FORGET"

IN MEMORY OF
ALL WHO SERVED
THIS COUNTRY IN WAR

ERECTED BY
AVOCA SUB-BRANCH
R.S.S.& A.I.L.A.
1959.

To the west of the memorial are steel gates between concrete gateposts.

West face
Metal lettering in gates
LEST WE FORGET

Metal plaque on north pillar
TO COMMEMORATE
THE 150th YEAR
OF SETTLEMENT
OF THE AVOCA DISTRICT
1834   -   1984

UNVEILED ON
THE 18th DAY OF MARCH 1984
BY
HIS EXCELLENCY
SIR JAMES PLIMSOLL AC. CBE.
GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA

Metal plaque on south pillar
BOUCHER
MEMORIAL PARK

ERECTED IN MEMORY OF
MR. & MRS. M. C. W. BOUCHER
18TH MARCH 1984

DONATED BY
RESIDENTS AVOCA DISTRICT

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Gates to Boucher Memorial Park

Information current to August 2001

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