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2nd / 10th Australian Field Ambulance : 04-October-2012
2nd / 10th Australian Field Ambulance : 04-October-2012

Photographs supplied by Kent Watson / Chris McLaughlin / Australian War Memorial

The plaque commemorates the men of the 2nd / 10th Australian Field Ambulance and those of the 8th Division who died in service or were killed in action in South-East Asia in World War Two.

A few days before the fall of Singapore to the Japanese, on the 12th February 1942, St Andrew's Cathedral was cleared of its seats and taken over by 2/9th and 2/10th Field Ambulances. The Cathedral buildings and grounds were used as a hospital, accommodating a constant intake of sick and wounded, both troops and civilians. 

Location

Address:George & Bathurst Streets, St Andrew`s Cathedral, Sydney, 2000
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.874006
Long: 151.206581
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Approx. Event Start Date:1940
Approx. Event End Date:1945
Link:http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw…

Dedication

Front Inscription

To the glory of God

And to the hallowed memory of the men of the 2 / 10 Field Ambulance and their comrades of the Eighth Division who gave their lives in the Far East

1940 - 45

The main Dressing Station was in  St Andrew's Cathedral Singapore.

Source: MA,NRWM
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