National Servicemen`s MemorialPrint Page 
The memorial commemorates those who undertook National Service in the Australian Defence Forces from 1951 to 1972.
Funding was received in 2020/21 through the Saluting Their Service Grants Program to install an honour roll of National Servicemen who have been killed in action.
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: | Main Street, Freedom Park, Pialba, 4655 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -25.280425 Long: 152.838932 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.qldwarmemorials.com.au/P… |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 22nd August, 2003 |
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Unveiled by Hon. Warren Truss MP Federal Member for Wide Bay Minister for Agriculture Fisheries & Forestry
22 August 2003
In remembrance of all Australian National Servicemen killed in action or who died in service, and in memory of the many young National Servicemen who served their country in the Australian Defence Force.
Erected by the National Servicemen of Hervey Bay 2003.
