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18-October-2013
18-October-2013

Photographs supplied by Arthur Garland

The Wall of Remembrance commemorates the service personnel who have lost their lives while training in the Tasmania area. It includes Sergeant Cliff Jones, Private Michael Twynham-Perkins and Private Naarah Sheehan, who all drowned when the truck they were in rolled into the Jordan River at Broadmarsh during a training exercise.

Location

Address:Davey Road, Anglesea Barracks, Hobart, 7000
State:TAS
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -42.888394
Long: 147.325083
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Government
Sub-Theme:Federal
Actual Event Start Date:17-July-1996
Actual Event End Date:17-July-1996

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 3rd December, 2005
Front Inscription

Plaque :

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
621761 Sergeant Cliff Jones
F6801279 Private Naarah Sheehan
6801113 Private Michael Twynam-Perkins

Accidently killed on 17 July 1996,
during the 1/96 Drive Training Course
'LEST WE FORGET'

Plaque  :

In Fond Memory Of
CAPTAIN KAILASH RAMA
Indian Army
Indian / Australian Rafting Expedition
Franklin River,
Tasmania 2009

Plaque  :

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF 6702872

Private Graeme John Hills

Accidentally drowned on 17 February 1954,
during a Training Exercise at Pontville.

'Lest We Forget'

Plaque 4 :

THIS WALL OF REMEMBRANCE
IS DEDICATED TO
THOSE SERVICE PERSONNEL
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
WHILE TRAINING
IN THE TASMANIAN AREA 

Unveiled By Brigadier J. Withers
Assistant Commander Reserve Training Command - Army
3rd December 2005

 

 

 

Source: MA
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