National Servicemen`s Memorial Print Page 
The monument commemorates National Servicemen who have died in service or been killed in action in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved. The memorial plaque was unveiled in 2003 and the re-designed memorial was rededicated on the 12th February 2012.
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: | Barney Street, Central Park , Armidale , 2350 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -30.515804 Long: 151.665841 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 9th February, 2003 |
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Plaque :
National Servicemens Association of Australia
Armidale & District Sub Branch
This plaque is dedicated to the memory of National Servicemen who have passed on
We will never forget
Plaque :
This memorial was dedicated by the Sub-Branch Chaplain, Pastor Bob Collard, and the plaque was unveiled by Colonel Rod Davis OAM on the 9th February, 2003.
The re-designed memorial was dedicated by Rev. David Seaman and this plaque was unveiled by Colonel Rod Davis OAM on the 12th February, 2012
