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National Servicemen's Insignia / March 2013
National Servicemen's Insignia / March 2013

Photographs supplied by Diane Watson

A monument commemorates those who undertook National Service in the Australian Defence Forces from 1951 to 1972.

Between 1951 and 1972, 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:Tweed Terrace, Point Danger, Coolangatta, 4225
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -28.164064
Long: 153.550928
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple
Approx. Event Start Date:1951
Approx. Event End Date:1972

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:2008
Front Inscription
NATIONAL SERVICEMEN`S 
MEMORIAL

Commemorating The 287,000 Young Men 
Called Up For National Service In The 
Navy, Army And Air Force Between 
1951 And 1972.

212 Of Those Who Served Overseas Were Killed 
And 1479 Wounded.

THEY SERVED AUSTRALIA

Erected by Gold Coast South 
Twin Towns Branch 
National Servicemen's Association Of 
Australia (QLD)

2009

 

 

Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au