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National Servicemen`s MemorialPrint Page 
12-July-2016
Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown
The monument commemorates those who undertook National Service in the Australian Defence Forces from 1951 to 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: | 24 Maitland Street, Courthouse Heritage Building & Library, Bingara, 2404 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -29.867287 Long: 150.570983 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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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: | Saturday 10th March, 2007 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAThis memorial is dedicated to those who served in the Australian National Service between 1951 and 1972
Unveiled by Ron Brown OAM, JP NSW State President National Serviceman`s Association of Australia in Bingara
10th March 2007
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
