Adelaide Vietnam War Memorial, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Location	Victoria Drive , Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Type	memorial
Description	A bronze and black granite memorial comprising the figures of an Australian and South Vietnamese infantryman standing at rest from patrol, gazing toward the horizon. They are surmounted on a Black Hill black granite pedestal that in turn is mounted on a two-tier black granite surbase and concrete slab base. At the entrance to the memorial area are two black granite blocks dedicated to South Vietnamese refugees. All details are in gold leaf. At the base of the monument on the West, North and East sides are 999, red pavers, black etched, at a cost of $100 each from donors to the project. At the rear of the area are three park benches, each with white metal plaques detailing the major donors of the project that cost $350,000. In the forefront of the concrete slab is a sand filled aperture for the placing of incense sticks from the Vietnamese community. Read more...
Built	Figures sculptured by James Martin, bronze cast by Tim Thomson. Pedestal base constructed by S.D.TILLETT Memorials.
Opened	15 October 2006 by LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR DONALD DUNSTAN AC KBE CB
Inscription	Face: Pedestal; VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL LEST WE FORGET Left Face: Pedestal South Vietnam NAVY;VIETNAMESE VETERANS ASSOCIATION ARMY LOYALTY > 1962-1973 THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THOSE SERVICEMEN WHO ENLISTED IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. TUONG DAI NAY TUONG NIEM CAC CHIEN BINH DA TINH NGUYEN NHAP NGU TAI NAM UC VA DA CAO CA HY SINH Pedestal engraved plaque lower: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE,IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STATE BRANCHES OF THE RSL, VVAA, VVFA AND THE VIETNAMESE VETERANS' ASSOCIATION. ASSISTANCE CAME FROM AUSTRALIAN AND VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, INTERSTATE AND OVERSEAS,THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA THE ADELAIDE CITY COUNCIL AND THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT UNVEILED BY THE COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN FORCE VIETNAM 1971-1972, LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR DONALD DUNSTAN AC KBE CB ON THE 15THOCTOBER 2006. The above statement repeated in the Vietnamese language Base top tier REMEMBRANCE Right Pedestal: RAN, ARMY, RAAF MATESHIP
Condition	Excellent Maintained by Adelaide City Council, RSL, Vietnam Veterans' Association, Vietnam Veterans' Federation, Vietnamese Veterans' Association.
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