National Servicemen`s MemorialPrint Page 
The monument commemorates those who undertook National Service in the Australian Defence Forces from 1951 to 1972.
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: | Docker & Ovens Streets, Monument Gardens, Wangaratta, 3677 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -36.355319 Long: 146.322404 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 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 2006 |
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National Servicemen`s 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 2006
This plaque, erected by the Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women commemorates those who served in peace and war in the Militia, Citizen Military Forces and the Reserves at home and abroad
Lest We Forget
