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26-July-2015
26-July-2015
Photographs supplied by Bryan Cole

The plaque commemorates those who served in Royal Australian Navy ships attached to the Far East Strategic Reserve between 1955 and 1971.  

The British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve (commonly referred to as the Far East Strategic Reserve or the FESR) was a joint military force of the British, Australian, and New Zealand armed forces. Created in the 1950s and based in Malaya, the FESR was conceived as a forward defence point for Australia and New Zealand, while protecting Commonwealth interests in the Southeast Asian region from both internal and external communist threats. The FESR was made up of an infantry brigade and a carrier group, supported by squadrons of aircraft.

Location

Address:Sir Edwin Smith Avenue, Naval Memorial Garden, North Adelaide, 5006
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.914029
Long: 138.600575
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple
Approx. Event Start Date:1955
Approx. Event End Date:1971

Dedication

Front Inscription

Dedicated to those who served in H.M.A. ships attached to the Far East Strategic Reserve

South East Asia

1955 - 1971

ANZAC     Hawk                 Quickmatch  Tobruk
Arunta       Ibis                    Snipe            Vampire
Curlew      Melbourne         Stuart            Vendetta
Derwent    Parramatta        Supply           Voyager
Duchess    Quadrant           Swan            Warramunda
Gull            Queenborough  Sydney         Yarra
Quiberon   Teal

'For freedom we served'

Lest We Forget

 

Source: MA
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