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From: "Cathy Dunn" <>
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 14:33:41 +1100

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> DVA 116 Friday 22 December 2000
>
> AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, WAR GRAVES DIRECTORS RE-APPOINTED
>
> The directors of the Australian War Memorial (AWM) and the Office of
Australian War Graves (OAWG) have been re-appointed for another term, the
> Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Bruce Scott,
> announced today.
>
> Mr Scott said the Federal Government had appointed the Director of the
Australian War Memorial, Major General Steve Gower AO (ret'd), for a
further
> three years from 1 March 2001.
>
> The Director of the Office of Australian War Graves, Air Vice Marshal Gary
Beck AO (ret'd), has been re-appointed for two years from 19 January 2001.
>
> "The Australian War Memorial - our national shrine of remembrance - and
the Office of Australian War Graves, which maintains war graves and
memorials
> around Australia and overseas, are
> directly responsible for meeting our obligation to commemorate the service
and sacrifice of Australians in wars and conflicts," Mr Scott said.
>
> "The directors of the AWM and OAWG have provided outstanding leadership
during their first terms and I am delighted to ask them to carry on their
> work."
>
> The Minister said Major General Gower's term had featured major
developments at the Australian War Memorial, including the refurbishment of
the
> Second World War Gallery and the Bradbury
> Aircraft Hall, the restoration of the Hall of Memory and the commencement
of work on Anzac Hall, to be completed in 2001.
>
> "Major General Gower's first term was capped off with the naming of the
Australian War Memorial as the nation's leading major tourism attraction at
> last month's Australian Tourism Awards," he
> said.
>
> Major General Gower will be working with a new Chair of the Council of the
Australian War Memorial, after the election of Major General Adrian
> Clunies-Ross to succeed the retiring chair,
> Major General 'Digger' James. A Vietnam veteran and currently Defence
adviser to the RSL, Major General Clunies-Ross has been a member of the
council
> since 1996.
>
> "Under Air Vice Marshal Beck, the OAWG has completed an unprecedented
number of official overseas memorials, in response to the increasing public
> interest in our military history," Mr Scott
> said.
>
> "These include the Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum in Thailand, the
Australian Corps Memorial Park at Le Hamel and the Fromelles Memorial Park
in
> France, the Sandakan commemorative pavilion
> and memorial obelisk in Malaysia and the new Anzac Commemorative Site at
Gallipoli.
>
> "The AWM and the OAWG will play leading roles during the Centenary of
Federation in reminding Australians of the importance of their wartime
heritage
> and I look forward to continuing to work with
> their directors into the future."
>
> Media Contact: Mark Croxford 02 6277 7820 or 0408 645 787
>
>
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