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Swan Hill's War Memorial: lists the names of 85 men who bravely died protecting our country during the Second World War. What very few people know about this memorial - is that it also lists Australia’s greatest family sacrifice during WWII. The four Hutchins brothers' died tragically on islands north of Australia. In December 2007 a memorial was erected in the Towns Riverside Gardens (pictured below).