Statement by Arthur Palmer - Internment & Scattering of Returned Soldiers Ashes by Family 1950’s-1977 in ANZAC Park

"Between the late 1950s and 1977, to my certain knowledge it was common practice for the ashes of returned soldiers to be placed in ANZAC park by their families. As a young boy, and later as a boarding school student, I came across and/or witnessed at least seven or eight small family gatherings to either scatter the ashes of family members or bury an urn containing those ashes. Between 1970 and 1977 I lived at 16 Wool Street, Toowong in my late Aunt’s house, Minnie Harriet McClymont (nee Palmer)... read more of Arthur's Statement HERE

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