'Retreat' street honouring fallen diggers has locals up in arms

Officials in Western Australia have bowed to public pressure and changed the suffix of a street in a regional tourist town to honour the memory of two fallen World War I soldiers.Acceptable reasons include mail delivery problems, redesign of a road layout or the misspelling of a name in the original applicationChristopher and Lancelot Andrews farmed on land south of Margaret River before both steamed off to join Imperial war efforts in 1914.

Christopher was killed serving with the Royal Marines at the Dardanelles, while Lancelot died in action on the Somme just three months before the war's end. Earlier this year, a street on the outskirts of Margaret River was renamed Andrews Retreat to honour their memory, but it sparked an outcry from locals that the suffix was not indicative of the brothers' heroic deeds.A spokesperson for the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River said the use of 'retreat' was a reflection of several short-term accommodation venues along the street, and the town's reputation as a tourist location.

An initial petition calling for the suffix to be changed from 'retreat' to 'way' was presented to the state's Geographical Names Committee but rejected on the grounds that it did not meet regulatory requirements. According to GNC regulations, road name changes were rare as road names are intended to be enduring and discouraged unless a"good reason for a change of name" was supplied.

Not sure about this one. I mean don't we honour them enough as it is. I can only imagine they'd feel embarrassed as it is. ANZAC Day , Rememberance Day. 'What's all the palava about Blue? Buggered if I know Jimmy'. Your guess is as good as mine mate!!

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