Long Tan Cross:
Plaque face:
THIS REPLICA OF THE CROSS
ERECTED AT LONG TAN IN
VIETNAM HONOURS THE
MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO
LOST THEIR LIVES AS A
CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR
INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR
IN VIETNAM 1963 - 1972
LEST WE FORGET
Plaque rear:
THIS CROSS WAS UNVEILED ON
17TH AUGUST 2003 BY THE
HON ALEXANDER DOWNER MP
MEMBER FOR MAYO AND
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
DONATED BY MEMBERS OF THE
McLAREN VALE RSL CLUB
IN MEMORY OF
Park Bench 1:
Back rest: Three photographs relating to the Battle of Long Tan
Park Bench 2:
Back rest: Three photographs relating to the Battle of Long Tan
THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM TO
D COMPANY, 6TH BATTALION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
By virtue of the authority invested in me as the President of the United States and as Commander-in-Chief of
the Armed Forces of the United States, I have today awarded the Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for extraordinary
heroism to D Company, Sixth Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, The Australian Army.
D Company distinguished itself by extraordinary heroism while engaged in military operations against an opposing
armed force in Vietnam on August 18,1966.
While searching for Viet Cong in a rubber plantation northeast of Ba Ria, Phuoc Tuy, Province, Republic of Vietnam,
D Company met and immediately engaged in heavy contact. As the battle developed, it became apparent that the men
of D Company were facing a numerically superior force. The platoons of D Company were surrounded and attacked on
all sides by an estimated reinforced enemy battalion using automatic weapons, small arms and mortars. Fighting courageously
against a well armed and determined foe, the men on D Company maintained their formations in a common perimeter
defence and inflicted heavy casualties on the Viet Cong.
The enemy maintained a continuous, intense volume of fire and attacked repeatedly from all directions. Each successive
assault was repulsed by the courageous Australians. Heavy rainfall and low ceiling prevented any friendly close air support
during the battle. After three hours of savage attacks, having failed to penetrate the Australian lines, the enemy withdrew from
the battlefield carrying many dead and wounded, and leaving 245 Viet Cong dead forward of the defence positions of D Company.
The conspicuous courage, intrepidity and indomitable courage of D Company were to the highest tradition of military valour
and reflect great credit upon D Company and the Australian Army.
Lyndon B. Johnson
The White House
Plaque on slate slab:
LOGO OF AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS
AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS
50 TREES COMMEMORATING
THE END OF WORLD WAR 11
LEST WE FORGET
1945 1995
Granite Memorial:
Logo of RSL Insignia of the Logo of the
90TH Anniversary Australian Military Forces Department of Veterans’ Affairs
THIS STONE COMMEMORATES THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN IN VIETNAM 18TH AUGUST 1966
KILLED IN ACTION
D COMPANY, 6TH BATTALION ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
LEST WE FORGET
THIS STONE WAS UNVEILED BY
KYM RICHARDSON MP
FEDERAL MEMBER FOR KINGSTON 20TH AUGUST 2006 |