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23-May-2016 (Peter Williams)
23-May-2016 (Peter Williams)

Photographs supplied by Geoff Turner / Peter Williams / Russell Byers

The memorial commemorates those who served in the Royal Australian Navy ships attached to the Far East Strategic Reserve which was a military force based in Southeast Asia to act as a deterrent to Chinese aggression and other communist threats in the region after World War Two.

Location

Address:Mann Street & Vaughan Avenue, Gosford Memorial Park, Gosford, 2250
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.431301
Long: 151.340567
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:2010
Front Inscription

Dedicated to those who served in HMA Ships attached to the FESR in South East Asia

1955 - 1971.

Lest We Forget.

HMA Ships 1955-1971 Far East Strategic Reserve

HMA Ships 1955 - 1971 Far East Strategic Reserve

HMA Ships 1955-1971 Far East Strategic Reserve.
ANZAC  Hawk  Quickmatch  Tobruk  Arunta  Ibis  Snipe  Vampire  Curlew  Melbourne  Stuart  Vendetta  Derwent  Parramatta Supply  Voyager  Duchess  Quadrant  Swan  Warramunga  Gull  Queenborough  Sydney  Yarra  Quiberon  Teal.

For freedom we served.

Far East Strategic Reserve 
Malayan Emergency
Borneo Indonesian Confrontation

 

Source: MA,NRWM
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