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National Servicemens Memorial : 11-August-2011
Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders / Roger Johnson
The plaque commemorates those who undertook National Service in the Australian Defence Forces from 1951 to 1972.
Location
Address: | Bridge Street, Benalla Botanical Gardens, Benalla, 3672 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -36.552814 Long: 145.980268 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Plaque |
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Monument Theme: | Conflict |
Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
Approx. Event Start Date: | 1951 |
Approx. Event End Date: | 1972 |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 27th November, 2005 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MANational Servicemens Memorial
This plaque commemorates all the young men who answered the call to National Service from 1951 to 1972 in Navy, Army and Air Force where 187 made the supreme sacrifice and 1,479 were wounded on active service in Borneo, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Lest We Forget
Unveiled 27 - 11 - 2005 by Lt Col Ossie Kleinig R.A. Inf, Rtd.
Dedicated by Padre Lewis Nyman
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au