We Will Remember Them Multi-Cache
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This multi is in rememberance of those that served Australia and her allies in conflicts throughout the world and has been initiated to correspond with Anzac Day 2012.
At each of the stages of this multi information will need to be gathered to determine the final location of the cache.
The selected gravestones at the Albury War Cemetery and the plaques at the Albury War Memorial were chosen randomly by my geodaughter Grace and therefore we hope they are representative of the many, many servicemen and women who were in all branches of the armed forces.
The exceptions are the plaques for Charles Bishop and Albert Borella, which were selected for their locations.
*At the listed co-ordinates (Stage 1) there is a plaque placed in honour of Sgt. Charles Bishop, D.C.M., M.M., and Bar, a locally-raised and buried soldier in World War I awarded for his acts of bravery and devotion to duty. On the plaque, the line starting with the word 'formerly' has ? words = A
*At the Borella Road Bridge (Stage 2), there is a plaque placed deliberately in this spot for Lt. Albert Chalmers-Borella, V.C., M.M., buried in Albury and awarded the VC for his actions in World War I and subsequently having the major arterial road named adjacent in his honour in 1977. On the plaque, the line starting with the word 'outnumbered' has ? words = B
*At the Albury War Cemetery (Stage 3), there are 96 Commonwealth Burials from World War II and the following figures can be determined:
Petty Officer F.T.E. Hale D/K62841 was assigned to the H.M.S "Black Prince" and died in 1945 aged 43. At the bottom of his gravestone there is a small epitaph, and the 4th word on the 3rd line of his epitaph has ? letters = C
Pte. R. J. Brown VX105566 was in the Army Service Corps and died in 1942 aged 18. At the bottom of his gravestone there too is a small epitaph, and the last word on the 2nd line of his epitaph has ? letters = D
*At the Albury War Memorial (Stage 4) which was unveiled on Anzac Day in 1925, are small plaques surrounding it that list the names of servicemen and women who were killed while serving and were interred overseas. The following numbers can be gathered:
Pte. Roy Nicholson 4315 lost his life fighting in France in 1916 aged 20. My brief research suggests that he was killed fighting at Pozieres in the Somme Sector. The digger listed on the plaque immediately to the right of his had the service number 1?64 = E
Pte. F. N. Schaefer VX19415 is buried at Ambon War Cemetery and died in 1942 aged 43. The soldier listed on the plaque immediately to the left of his had the service number VX6?464 = F
*At the Memorial Bowl (Stage 5) just down from the War Memorial which commemorates World War II, the required information can be realised:
The last line on the plaque has some sobering words. The number of letters in the 1st word on the last line = G, while the number of letters in the 3rd word on the last line = H.
*The final cache location can be found at:
S 36.0(A-2).(C+3)(E-D-C)(G-D)
E 146.5(B-4).(D-2)(F+G)(H-F-G)
The cache is a 200mL Sistema container with room for a logbook, pencil and some small swaps.
Enjoy the hunt, and in particular the area and the history!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Vg vf zbfg orarsvpvny gb qb gurfr fgntrf va beqre. Onfr bs gerr.