Vietnam War Memorial - Memorial Place, Belmont, NSW, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 33° 02.165 E 151° 39.672
56H E 374981 N 6343916
In the 'middle' of Memorial Place is a concrete 'pyramid' with a propeller mounted on it, and beneath is this memorial plaque.
Waymark Code: WMXWKX
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 03/08/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member wayfrog
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Along with the Propeller, Nautical Flag Pole, there are also other plaques on three, of the four faces of the concrete pyramid, commemorating the involvement of locals in other conflicts. But this cast bronze plaque on the fourth face is specifically for 19 local soldiers who didn't return alive from the Vietnam War. The plaque reads:

	   VIETNAM WAR
Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Hunter Valley men
	  who gave their lives
		1962-1973
[Map of Vietnam, and Australian and Vietnamese flags]
Pte.	W.J. Ashton		Cpl.	R.J. Jackson
Pte.	E.J. Bailey		2Lt.	T.E. Langlands
Cpl.	T.D. Blackhurst		Pte.	R.E. Lloyd
WO2	W.A. Blanck		Pte.	P.   Manning
Pte.	S.W. Dickson		Pte.	G.J. Moss
Tpr.	D.G. Doyle		Sgt.	J.   Ruddy
Cpl.	G.G. Gilbert		Pte.	P.Z. Trzecinski
SSgt.	J.   Hall		Pte. 	A.J. Wallis
Lt.	P.A. Hines		WO2	B.   Walsh MM
Pte.	J.M. Houston
	    LEST WE FORGET
	Erected by their Newcastle Vietnam Comrades 1997	Tom Yeo
								President

Memorial Place is a pedestrian mall, that is been made by blocking off Macquarie Street from being a through road.

Visited: 1024, Saturday, 15 July, 2017
[While on 'my way to' an aquatic Geocaching Event on Lake Macquarie.]

Placed by:: Newcastle Vietnam Comrades

Date Placed: 01/01/1997

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