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National Servicemen`s MemorialPrint Page 
Photographs supplied by Stephen Woods
The memorial commemorates those who undertook National Service in the Australia Defence Forces, and reserve and citizen military forces between 1951 and 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: | Hawkesbury Valley Way, Ham Common Bicentenary Park , Richmond, 2753 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.604947 Long: 150.775063 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
| Actual Event Start Date: | |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1951 |
| Actual Event End Date: | |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1972 |
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| Link: | http://www.warmemorialsregister.nsw… |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 18th March, 2007 |
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Front Inscription
Dedicated to all National Serviemen who served between 1951 - 1972
National Servicemen`s Association of Australia,
The Hawkesbury District Sub Branch.
Unveiled 18 March 2007 by Air Commodore (Retired) Geoff Mitchell, AO, CBE, AFG NSW Patron NSAA.
"We will never forget."
Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA,NRWMMonument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
