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National Servicemen`s MemorialPrint Page 
18-January-2021
Photographs supplied by Stephen Warren
The monument commemorates those who undertook National Service in the Australian Defence Forces from 1951 to 1972.
Between 1951 and 1972, a total of 287,000 young Australian men were called up in two separate schemes for compulsory training in the Navy, Army and Air Force. Of them, 212 died on active service in Borneo and Vietnam. National Service was part of Australia’s defence preparedness for three decades.
Location
| Address: | Norfolk Road, RSL Memorial Park, Marion, 5043 |
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| State: | SA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.013337 Long: 138.554623 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1951 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1972 |
| Link: | http://www.vwma.org.au/ |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 1st September, 2001 |
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Front Inscription
Source: RVWM, MATo Australia's National Servicemen
Erected by their comrades from the Flinders Sub Branch
This memorial was unveiled by our Patron Mr Michael Mummery JP on 1st September 2001
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
