Pooraka War Memorial

Details

Location Henderson Street, Pooraka, Salisbury - South Australia, Australia
Type memorial
Description

A large grey granite boulder with a cut and polished face, a bronze plaque is affixed to the face. UPDATE 19 August 2007: The memorial now also includes the representation of three cast Pita Palm seeds with one beginning to shoot on the paved area in front of the monument.

Built Not yet discovered
Opened Not yet discovered
Inscription

Plaque:   

Logo of Montague Farm Estate

FOR ALL THOSE WHO SERVED SUFFERED AND DIED

VIETNAM 1962-1973

RAN Insignia         ARMY Insignia         RAAF Insignia

THIS DEVELOPMENT IS DEDICATED TO ALL AUSTRALIANS

WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM.

501 AUSTRALIANS PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

Those that were sent from South Australia and killed in action were

 

 

The original plaque was unveiled by Tim Fischer M.P. on 2nd November 1993.

The plaque was redone by the request of Vietnam Veterans to include the names of all

South Australian based military personnel killed in action.

The new plaque was unveiled by Keith Payne V.C. on 18 August 2007.

Condition

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Names

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CARLYLE, Hugh

Service number 43941
Private
Born 10 Dec 1948

BORLACE, Douglas Graham

Service number 42809
Craftsman
3rd Cavalry Regiment
Australian Army (Post WW2)
Born 10 Jul 1944

SANDOW, Richard Wayne

Service number 43496
Private
5th Battalion
The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
Australian Army (Post WW2)
Born 24 May 1946

PATTISON, Allan Graham

Service number 44042
Sapper
1st Field Squadron
RAE
Australian Army (Post WW2)
Born 3 Aug 1948

THOMAS, William Malcolm

Service number 4718911
Private
3rd Battalion
The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Australian Army (Post WW2)
Born 18 Dec 1946

MITCHINSON, Kevin Leslie

Service number 4717751
Lance Corporal
3rd Cavalry Regiment
Australian Army (Post WW2)
Born 10 Jan 1945

STEEN, David John

Service number 4719232
Private
Born 8 Nov 1946

MUSICKA, Harold Robert

Service number 4717754
Corporal
Born 3 Apr 1945

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