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25-March-2014
25-March-2014
Photographs supplied by Geoff Turner

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
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.484003
Long: 151.326646
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple
Approx. Event Start Date:1955
Approx. Event End Date:1971
Link:http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw…

Dedication

Front Inscription

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 
Malayan Emergency
Borneo Indonesian Confrontation

Source: MA,NRWM
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