HINKLER MEMORIAL.
UNVEILING IN ITALY
Received September 18. 12.55 p.m. LONDON, Kept. 17. The Arezzo monument to SquadronLeader Bert Hinkler was unveiled at Pnssdellavachie at an altitude of 3200 feet. It was designed by the architect Belleri and is in the form of a seven foot column whereon lictors’ fasces are crossed by a Roman eagle in flight. It is inscribed: “To the long distance flier Herbert Hinkler, who fell here 8/1/XI,” the la.st figures standing for the eleventh yca.r of the Fascist era.
The distinguished assemblage included Colonel Stevens, British military attache at Rome.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 18 September 1933, Page 8
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95HINKLER MEMORIAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 18 September 1933, Page 8
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