City of Blacktown RSL Sub-Branch Remembrance GardenPrint Page
Blacktown RSL Sub-Branch Remembrance Garden commemorates those who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.
It has garden has 7 sandstone pillars, each with a plaque for a different conflict or peace keeping force. In the centre of the garden area is a larger sandstone pillar with a sundial on the top which has the 4 service badges in brass relief. The Garden is surrounded by a blue metal fence.
Location
Address: | Second Avenue, Blacktown RSL Club, Blacktown, 2148 |
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State: | NSW |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.766223 Long: 150.907894 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Garden |
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Monument Theme: | Conflict |
Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
Link: | http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw… |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 27th November, 1999 |
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(on Sundial )
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
LEST WE FORGET
BLACKTOWN R.S.L. SUB-BRANCH
(Pillar 1 )
IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES BOER WAR 1899-1902
606 CASUALTIES
LEST WE FORGET
(Pillar 2 )
IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES WORLD WAR 1 1914-1918
61,720 CASUALTIES
LEST WE FORGET
(Pillar 3 )
IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES WORLD WAR 2 1939-1945
47,662 CASUALTIES
LEST WE FORGET
(Pillar 4 )
IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES KOREAN WAR 1950-1953
339 CASUALTIES
LEST WE FORGET
(Pillar 5 )
IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES VIETNAM 1962-1973
520 CASUALTIES
LEST WE FORGET
(Pillar 6 )
IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES MALAYAN EMERGENCY 1963-1966
51 CASUALTIES
LEST WE FORGET
(plaque)
City of Blacktown RSL Sub-Branch
REMEMBRANCE GARDEN
Officially opened by
His Excellency
The Honourable Gordon Samuels AC
Governor of New South Wales
27th November 1999