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Bradley Meek Plaque : 16-June -2014
Bradley Meek Plaque : 16-June -2014

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Plaque commemorates Leading Seaman Bradley Meek who was killed with three others when a fire swept through the engine room of the Westralia on the 5th May 1998. He was 25.

On 5 May 1998, a flexible fuel hose in the Westralia`s engine room burst. The spraying fuel ignited when it came into contact with hot machinery, and the first-response extinguishers were unable to cope with the fire's intensity.  It took two hours for the fire to be extinguished, and four sailors died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Location

Address:10 Cawdor Road, RSL Memorial Rose Garden, Camden, 2570
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.057214
Long: 150.691925
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Tragedy
Link:http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw…

Dedication

Front Inscription
This Memorial Plaque is dedicated
to the memory of
Leading Seaman S147321
BRADLEY MEEK
Aged 25 years
Tragically killed aboard HMAS Westralia
5th May 1998

Killed in the line of duty
LEST WE FORGET
Source: NRWM, MA
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