Mt Evelyn Memorial Gardens is the location of the memorial dedicated to those brave souls from the Mt Evelyn district who served in conflicts from WW1 onwards. Many a dawn service has been held here on ANZAC Days past to remember the fallen.
The cenotaph originally stood outside the public hall, but with the removal of the trees of the avenue of honour in the shopping street due to the mahogany gums shedding branches, it was moved to its current location. The field gun barrel, cenotaph, & flagpole were particularly placed to form a straight line.
The 105mm Howitzer field gun mounted in the gardens was built in Canada, and saw service in Vietnam. The process of obtaining the gun for the memorial gardens took six years of persistence by the members of the Mt Evelyn RSL.
The Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail passes nearby.
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