Regimental Square
| Royal Australian Regiment Memorial | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
 Royal Australian Regiment Memorial, Regimental Square, Sydney | |
| For the campaigns of the Royal Australian Regiment in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam | |
| Unveiled | 8 December 1976 |
| Location |
33°52′1.43″S 151°12′24.81″E / 33.8670639°S 151.2068917°ECoordinates: 33°52′1.43″S 151°12′24.81″E / 33.8670639°S 151.2068917°E near Sydney, Australia |
| Designed by | Dennis Adams OAM |
Regimental Square is a memorial located between Wynyard and George St. in the Sydney CBD. The memorial was erected to commemorate the campaigns of the Royal Australian Regiment in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. A series of bronze sculptures of soldiers in action, are attached to a wall of Sydney sandstone, 8 metres long x 1.5 metres high. Dennis Adams OAM was commissioned, to create the memorial, by the Royal Australian Regiment Association, the funds acquired through subscriptions from members and friends, supplemented by a gift of $3,000 from the Government of South Korea.
On 8 December 1976 the memorial was unveiled by the then Governor of New South Wales, Sir Roden Cutler.[1]
Gallery
-
List of the members of the RAR 7th battalion killed in Vietnam 1967-68 and 1970-71.
-
List of the members of the RAR 8th battalion killed in Malaysia 1967/69 and Vietnam 1969/70.
-
List of the members of the RAR 9th battalion killed in South Vietnam 1968-1969.
-
Explanation of the memorial.
References
- ↑ 2/30 Battalion Home Page, - April/May, 1977 Makan No. 234, 21 February 2009.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Regimental Square. |
See also
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||