Cpt. Owen Cairns - Yankalilla, SA, Australia - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Not a lot has been found for the service of Captain Owen Cairns, but he is mentioned as supervising the target practise shooting of balloons, on the HMAS Sydney, on the voyage to Vietnam. [ex-7RAR website: Robert Hughes. The brass plaque is on a 1.4 metre cemented stone memorial wall, in The Yankalilla Memorial Park, near the centre of the small rural town of Yankalilla. The plaque reads:

[Army crest]
Dedicated to the Memory of
Capt. Owen Cairns
7Bn. R.A.R.
Whose Efforts were Instrumental 
in the Creation of this
War Memorial Park.
May His Spirit Rest Here Peacefully
Lest We Forget
Rebeccan Cairns 16.11.2000

Address: Main South Road, Yankalilla, SA, 5203, Australia

Visited: 1725 Tuesday, 29 May, 2018

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