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. Road State/Terr. Location Rest area name Established Coordinates Honouree Notes Ash Road,north of Camden Valley WayNSW Sir Roden Cutler VC2006 Sir Roden Cutler Hume Motorway Partridge VC2003 Frank Partridge Kenna VC2012 Edward Kenna Hume Highway Gordon VC2001 Jim Gordon Mackey VC2001 Jack Mackey Penrose Kingsbury VC1995 Bruce Kingsbury Chowne VC1997 Albert Chowne Derrick VC1999 Tom Derrick Yarra French VC 1996 Jack French Kibby VC 1996 Bill Kibby Federal Highway Edmonson VC 1995 John Edmondson Gratwick VC 1996 Percy Gratwick Lake George Gurney VC 1995 Stan Gurney Badcoe VC 1998/99 Peter Badcoe Wheatley VC 1998/99 Kevin Wheatley Anderson VC 1998/99 Charles Anderson Bywong Middleton VC 1997 Ron Middleton Newton VC 1997 Bill Newton ACT Majura Edwards VC 2000 Sir Hughie Edwards Treloar Crescent, Kelliher VC 2002 Richard Kelliher Rattey VC 2002 Reg Rattey Simpson VC 2005 Ray Simpson Starcevich VC 2005 Tom Starcevich
See also
Military history of Australia
References
External links
Remembrance Driveway web site with maps VC Citations