Hello AVGers, The last (well, nearly) of Gippsland's war memorials have been transcribed and uploaded to the AVG webpage. Most of these were for the Shire of East Gippsland and covers the following areas: Benambra Bindi Brookville Bruthen Cann River Cassilis Doctors Flat Eagle Point Ensay Glen Valley Hinnomungie Lakes Entrance Omeo Orbost Paynesville Reedy Flat Swifts Creek The Brothers Tongio Tongio West Uplands Special thanks to Dianne Carroll, who (at short notice) provided access to the Omeo Shire Hall and Court House which housed some 6 honour rolls. For the Shire of Wellington, the Briagolong and Yarram war memorials have also been upload. A new page has been created for general Gippsland memorials and includes the Boer War Memorial at Bairnsdale which covers a large part of the old South and East Gippsland areas. Unfortunately, two sets of memorial gates were missed, which are those at the secondary college in Orbost, and the Benambra Memorial Recreation Reserve. If any body is able to transcribe these, and save me many hours of travelling, please email me. To my knowledge the above two will complete the transcription of all War Memorials, Memorial Gates and Avenues of Honour in Gippsland. If any body knows of any other memorials of these types which contain names of service personnel, please let me know. After a short break to catch up on other things, I will start on honour rolls/boards (although some have already been transcribed) and will post a query to the list so that a database of rolls/boards can be started. It is expected that this will take a year or more to substantially complete (but never to be finished). I hope the work already done is helpful to researchers, and look forward to hearing from someone who is able to help provide transcriptions for the missing two. Regards Peter Lakeman surreal@netspace.net.au