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War Memorial
Australia

Adelaide Vietnam War Memorial

 

ADELAIDE  5000

MEMORIAL: Monument                                                               

LOCATION: Torrens Parade Ground, Victoria Terrace.

ORIENTATION: South

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.

INSCRIPTIONS:

Face:

Pedestal;

VIETNAM

WAR

MEMORIAL

Base top tier

LEST WE FORGET

Left:

Pedestal

South Vietnam Insignia       

NAVY       VIETNAMESE VETERANS' ASSOCIATION        ARMY

Base top tier

LOYALTY

Back:

Coloured crossed flags of Australia and South Vietnam

1962-1973

Pedestal engraved plaque upper:

 

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

ABRAHAM D.E.

GRAHAM A.W.

PHILLIPS T.D.

ABRAHAM R.J.

HANLEY M.P.  MM

PLANE B.J.

ADAMCZYK B.A.J.

HERBERT M.P.J.

QUIGLEY A.V.

BADCOE P.J.  VC

HILLIER R.H.

RADOMI S.E.

BAKER D.A.

HOOD R.D.

RAFFEN F.L.

BINNING R.P.

HOUSTON J.M.

REMELJEJ A.

BORLACE D.G.

HUGHES R.E.

RIVETT J.C.

BURNS R.

KAVANAGH G.R.

ROGERS J.

CARLYLE H.

LARSSON S.G.

SANDOW R.W.

CASADIO A.A.

LEWIS P.E.

SCALES G.J.

CASTON R.J.

LUBCKE R.J.

SCHUIT M.J.M.

CHANT P.A.

MITCHINSON K.L.

SMITH B.L.

CHAPMAN R.S.

MOSS A.B.

STANCZYK H.J.

COCK J.R.

MUSICKA H.R.

STEEN D.J.

COOPER A.J.

NELSON D.E.

SUKMANOWSKY M.

DAVIES R.W.

NOACK E.W.

THOMAS W.M.

DE VRIES VAN LEEUWEN T.J.

NORLEY G.L.

TURNER T.C.

EARLE P.

PATTERSON D.

WILSEN R.P.

FISHER R.L.

PATTISON A.G.

WOOLFORD R.M.

 

PHILLIPS R.A.

 

AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE VIETNAMESE ARMED FORCES

AND CIVILIANS KILLED IN THE VIETNAM WAR

VA TAT CA CAC QUAN NHAN TRONG QUAN LUC VIET NAM CONG

HOA CUNG DAN CAN CHINH DA HY SINH TRONG CUOC CHIEN VIETNAM

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 15^TH OCTOBER 2006.

The above statement repeated in the Vietnamese language

Base top tier

REMEMBRANCE

Right:

Pedestal:

RAN insignia       ARMY insignia       RAAF insignia

Base top tier

MATESHIP

Left entrance block:

Effigy of a refugee boat

PASSAGE TO FREEDOM

DUONG DEN TU DO

Right entrance block:

Images of resettled Vietnamese

RESETTLE . INTEGRATION . CONTRIBUTION

DINH CU . HOI NHAP . DONG GOP

MAINTAINED BY: Adelaide City Council, RSL, Vietnam Veterans' Association, Vietnam Veterans' Federation, Vietnamese Veterans' Association.

MANUFACTURED BY: Figures sculptured by James Martin, bronze cast by Tim Thomson. Pedestal base constructed by S.D.TILLETT Memorials.

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 15 October 2006