National Servicemen`s MemorialPrint Page 
The plaque commemorates all National Servicemen and those who paid the supreme sacrifice who served between 1951 and 1972.
Between 1951 and 1972, a total of 287,000 young Australian men were called up in two separate schemes for compulsory training in the Navy, Army and Air Force. Of them, 212 died on active service in Borneo and Vietnam. National Service was part of Australia’s defence preparedness for three decades.
Location
| Address: | Calder Highway & View Street, Soldiers Memorial grounds, Kangaroo Flat, 3555 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -36.798507 Long: 144.243785 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1951 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1972 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 26th September, 2010 |
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Dedicated to Australia's National Servicemen who served in the Navy, Army & Air Force between 1951 and 1972
Especially to those who lost their lives in the service of their country on active service
Major Andrew J. Ballsillie MBE, JP Bendigo Sub-Branch Patron
Unveiled by Douglas W. Black NSAA Victorian State President on the 26th September, 2010
Service to the nation
