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26-August-2016
26-August-2016
Photographs supplied by John Huth

The honour roll commemorates those who served with Far East Strategic Reserve from 1955 to 1971, and the Malayan Emergency, and the Borneo Confrontation.
 
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:455 Main Street, St Mary`s Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point , 4169
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -27.474722
Long: 153.035278
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:2011
Front Inscription

Far East Strategic Reserve
1955 - 1971
Malayan Emergency 1955 - 1960
Borneo Indonesian Confrontation 1962 - 1966

FESR Association

They have no grave but the cruel sea, no flowers lay at their head
A rusting hulk is their tombstone, afast on the ocean bed

They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them

Lest We forget

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

AASM NGSM, GSM, ASM ADM, PJM   1955 - 1967   1967 - 1971

`for freedom we served`

 

 

Source: MA
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