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The plaque commemorates those who served in the Royal Australian Navy ships which served in the Far East Strategic Reserve from 1955 to 1971.
The British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve (commonly referred to as the Far East Strategic Reserve or the FESR) was a joint military force of the British, Australian, and New Zealand armed forces. Created in the 1950s and based in Malaya, the FESR was conceived as a forward defence point for Australia and New Zealand, while protecting Commonwealth interests in the Southeast Asian region from both internal and external communist threats. The FESR was made up of an infantry brigade and a carrier group, supported by squadrons of aircraft.
Location
| Address: | Victoria Drive, RSL Headquarters, ANZAC House, Vietnam Veterans Corridor, Adelaide, 5000 |
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| State: | SA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.917623 Long: 138.600126 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1955 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1971 |
Dedication
Far East Strategic Reserve
1955 – 1971
Malayan Emergency 1955 – 1960
Borneo Indonesian Confrontation 1962 – 1966
They have no grave but the cruel sea,
No flowers lay at their head
A rusting hulk is their tombstone,
Afast on the ocean bed
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
Lest We Forget
HMAS ANZAC HMAS Quickmatch
HMAS Arunta HMAS Snipe
HMAS Curlew HMAS Stuart
HMAS Derwent HMAS Supply
HMAS Duchess HMAS Swan
HMAS Gull HMAS Sydney
HMAS Hawk HMAS Teal
HMAS Ibis HMAS Tobruk
HMAS Melbourne HMAS Vampire
HMAS Parramatta HMAS Vendetta
HMAS Quadrant HMAS Voyager
HMAS Queenborough HMAS Warramunga
HMAS Quiberon HMAS Yarra
AASM, NGSM, GSM, ADM, PJM 1955 – 1967 1967 - 1971
