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National Servicemens Memorial Wall Plaque dedication
National Servicemens Memorial Wall Plaque dedication

Photographs supplied by Diane Watson

The wall commemorates all those who served between 1951 and 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:ANZAC Avenue , Pine Rivers RSL, Kallangur, 4503
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -27.251908
Long: 152.98807
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:2006
Front Inscription

National Servicemen.

National Service Memorial.

Between 1951 and 1972 a total of 287,000 young men were called up for training in the Navy, Army and Air Force.  Of them 212 died in active service in Borneo and Vietnam.

They served Australia.

This monument was dedicated in 2006 to the memory of our National Servicemen By Capt. John Tatters of the Pine Rivers Branch of the National Servicemen's Association.

Source: QWMR,MA
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