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Korea MIA Plaque : Feb 2014
Korea MIA Plaque : Feb 2014
Photographs supplied by Peter F Williams

The plaque commemorates Australian soldiers missing in the Korean War. Blacktown RSL Club was the second of nine places to have plaques honouring the 43 Australian soldiers missing in action during the Korean War.

The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. It was primarily the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War Two. After the war ended, the presence of Australians in Korea continued with a peacekeeping force until 1956. 

Location

Address:Second Avenue, Blacktown RSL Remembrance Garden, Blacktown, 2148
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.766223
Long: 150.907894
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Korea
Actual Event Start Date:29-June-1950
Actual Event End Date:27-July-1953

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:March-2012
Front Inscription

Lest We Forget

Our comrades who remain on the battlefield of North Korea

Army
Army 1 - 2 -3 RAR
[ Names ]

RAAF
RAAF - 77 Squadron
[ Names ]

RAN
RAN - Fleet Air Arm - 805 Squadron
[ Names]

Missing in action their souls finding their way home

This plaque was generously donated by Guardian Funerals as a community service project

 

Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au