The Mantung Avenue of Honour commemorates the local people from Mantung, Mercunda, and Maggea districts who served their country and is located on the corner of Clark Street and Gordon Street, oppposite the Town Hall. The Avenue was unveiled on the 25th of April 2015.
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The avenue plantings are a mixture of local Native Pine trees (Callitris gracilis syn. preissii) and Rosemary shrubs (Rosmarinus officinalis). The Callitris Pine trees and Rosemary shrubs are accompanied by plaques, each dedicated to an individual and noting their name, service number, district and unit.
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Three Sikh Anzacs are remembered here: Private Sarn Singh, Private Ganessa Singh and Private Juwan Singh. Private Sarn Singh was one of nineteen Sikhs who were recruited into the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, and died in Belgium in 1917 in the line of duty (Avenue of Honour’: Sikh Anzacs remembered in Australian outback’).
Since the establishment of the Avenue of Honour, regular, annual commemorations continue to be held at this commemorative site.
Read this ABC article for more information about Mantung’s military history.
