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The memorial commemorates those who served in the Royal Australian Navy ships attached to the Far East Strategic Reserve which was a military force based in Southeast Asia to act as a deterrent to Chinese aggression and other communist threats in the region after World War Two between 1955 and 1971.
Location
Address: | Brick Wharf Road, Soldiers Memorial Park, Woy Woy, 2256 |
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State: | NSW |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.484003 Long: 151.326646 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | Conflict |
Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
Approx. Event Start Date: | 1955 |
Approx. Event End Date: | 1971 |
Link: | http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw… |
Dedication
Dedicated to those who served in HMA Ships attached to the FESR in South East Asia
1955 - 1971.
Lest We Forget.
HMA Ships 1955-1971 Far East Strategic Reserve.
ANZAC Hawk Quickmatch Tobruk Arunta Ibis Snipe Vampire Curlew Melbourne Stuart Vendetta Derwent Parramatta Supply Voyager Duchess Quadrant Swan Warramunga Gull Queenborough Sydney Yarra Quiberon Teal.
For freedom we served.
Far East Strategic Reserve
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Borneo Indonesian Confrontation