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02-April-2011
02-April-2011

Photographs supplied by Glen Yeomans

The plaque commemorates those who served in the 9th Australian Field Ambulance during World War Two.

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

 

Location

Address:Fairbairn & Limestone Avenues, Captain Reg Saunders Courtyard, Australian War Memorial, Campbell, 2612
State:ACT
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.280675
Long: 149.148452
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Actual Event Start Date:03-September-1939
Actual Event End Date:15-August-1945

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 1st April, 2000
Front Inscription

The 9th Australian Field Ambulance (AIF) saw service in Papua and New Guinea between June 1943 and November 1944.

The unit tended wounded Australian and American Troops at the front and behind the lines during some of the heaviest fighting of the Pacific War.

 

Source: MA
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