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Royal Australian Regiment Memorial
Royal Australian Regiment Memorial

Photographs supplied by Peter F Williams

The memorial was erected to commemorate the campaigns of the Royal Australian Regiment since World War Two.

The memorial is a series of bronze sculptures of soldiers in action, are attached to a wall of Sydney sandstone, 8 metres long x 1.5 metres high. Dennis Adams OAM was commissioned to create the memorial, by the Royal Australian Regiment Association, the funds acquired through subscriptions from members and friends, supplemented by a gift of $3,000 from the Government of South Korea.

 

Location

Address:George & Wynyard Streets, Regimental Square, Sydney, 2000
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.867117
Long: 151.207047
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple
Designer:Dennis Adams OAM
Link:http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw…

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Wednesday 8th December, 1976
Front Inscription

THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
                 MEMORIAL

AFGHANISTAN       IRAQ
2005                          2003

   MALAYA          BORNEO
    1955 - 63       1963 - 1966
 

Left Side Inscription
KOREA
1950 - 1953

SOMALIA
1993

RWANDA
1994 -1995
Back Inscription

REGIMENTAL
SQUARE

Right Side Inscription

MALAYSIA
1964 - 1965
VIETNAM
1965 - 1972
EAST TIMOR
1999

Plaque:

This Memorial Commemorates The Foundation Of Australia`s First Regular Operational Infantry Regiment. In The Past Australia Has Had Permanent Military Units With Special Functions, Such As Coastal Artillery Batteries And Earlier, Other Units Seconded From The British Army. The First Three Battalions Of The Royal Australian Regiment Were Formed In 1945 From Volunteers From The Second A.I.F. And Served In Japan As Part Of The British Commonwealth Occupation Force. Since That Time, Infantrymen Of The Royal Australian Regiment Have Served In Various Theatres Of War To Safeguard Our Nation.

Source: MA,SKP, NRWM, H
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