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02-April-2011
02-April-2011

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The plaque commemorates those who served in the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during various conflicts since World War Two.

The plaque location is indicated by a red poppy in the second image. 

1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) was first formed as the 65th Australian Infantry Battalion in 1945 and since then has been deployed on active service during the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, the Vietnam War and more recently in Somalia, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. Additionally, the battalion has deployed on peacekeeping operations to a number of countries including Japan, East Timor and the Solomon Islands.

Location

Address:Fairbairn & Limestone Avenues, Behind Captain Reg Saunders Courtyard, Australian War Memorial , Campbell, 2612
State:ACT
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.280105
Long: 149.148335
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Wednesday 12th March, 2008
Front Inscription

1st Battalion 
The Royal Australian Regiment
1945
(Inception)

Duty First

Korea  Malaya  
Vietnam  Somalia  
Timor  Afghanistan (Elements)  Iraq (Elements)

Dedicated to those who served and in memory of all who died

We will remember them 

Dedicated on 12 March 2008 by the First Battalion Association

 

Source: MA
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