Enoggera RAR National Memorial Walk

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Location Enoggera, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
Type living
Description

The Royal Australian Regiment National Memorial Walk is located within the Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera and is the spiritual home of Royal Australian Regiment. It is a ‘living” memorial by association to a dedicated tree that commemorates each person who has died while serving overseas with the Regiment.

Many of the Regiment’s known dead are buried overseas in Japan, Korea and Malaysia. Some remain missing in action presumed dead in Korea. This Walk provides a place of solace and focus within Australia for the commemoration of the sacrifices made by our men.

It has become a special place for RAR current serving and past serving persons and their families and friends of The Royal Australian Regiment to visit.

It’s motto is “Keeping the Spirit Alive”.

The NMW comprises three distinct areas:

The Contemplation Building

The Contemplation Building provides a place for contemplation and remembrance. It displays the Honour Board that records the names of those who died in service overseas.

It is used for community remembrance activities on Anzac Day, Remembrance Day, other national operational theatre Days (Korea, Malaya, Vietnam etc), anniversaries of Battle Honours, campaigns and unit birthdays and re-unions.

On its forecourt, are a number of RAR Battalion Plaques that record the names of those persons from other Australian and other Nations’ Services who while supporting that Unit were killed in action.

At the base of the flagpole, is a plaque that commemorates those who died while training in Australia.

2. The Walk – Memorial Gardens (The Trees)

The Walk consists of an avenue 700 metres long flanked by more than 1000 native Australian trees.

The inscription on the entrance stones at both Sadlier Street and Regiment Way says:
“In Australia they will remember me. Here is their spirit, in the land they loved. And here we guard the record which they themselves made.”
– G.E.W. Bean, Official War Historian.

And here we, the RAR National Association accept responsibility on behalf of The Royal Australian Regiment to maintain the RAR National Memorial Walk as the showpiece and home of The Regimental Spirit.

The Walk is divided into the RAR’s operational theatre areas (Japan, Korea, Malaya, Malaysia – Sarawak, Vietnam, Somalia, The Solomons, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan) in which the memorial plaques/trees are placed.

At the base of selected trees is an individual plaque bearing the name and details of each of the 706 members of the Regiment who have died on overseas service.

3. The Recreational Area (Diggers’ Rest)

Diggers’ Rest, is a popular social gathering point for many activities. Within this area are the Regiment’s Battle Honour Gardens and a memorial to our Infantry war dogs.

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Conflict Iraq, The Second Gulf War, 2003-09, Korean War, Peacekeeping, Vietnam War, Occupation Force Japan - BCOF, Malayan Emergency , Afghanistan, Malaysia / Indonesia Confrontation

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