Coffs Harbour Veterans Park War Memorial
Description
The memorial has a number of elements. In the background is a light coloured brick wall with a plaque attached and the foreground is red brick with the insignia of the Coffs Harbour and District Vietnam and South East Asia Veterans Assoc Inc set in coloured concrete. The small park named Veterans Park also has a barbeque shelter and garden beds.
Inscription
Sign 1:
Veterans Park
COFFS HARBOUR & DISTRICT ASSOCIATION
OF VIETNAM & SOUTH EAST ASIA VETERANS
Plaque:
VIETNAM | KOREA
MALAYA | BORNEO
DEDICATED TO
THOSE WHO SERVED
Sign 2:
The Association would like to thank
the following for their co-operation
& assistance without which
the Construction of VETERANS PARK
would not have been possible
COFFS HARBOUR CITY COUNCIL
STATE RAIL AUTHORITY
COFFS HARBOUR BUSINESS HOUSES
FOR THEIR GENEROSITY WITH BUILDING MATERIALS
& FUND RAISING PRIZES
CITIZENS OF COFFS HARBOUR
FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES
Address
Orland Street
Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
Location/surrounding area
Coffs Harbour Veterans Park War Memorial [-30.298531, 153.137798]Recorded by
Graham Wilson OAMEstablished Date format:
$e_original_date = $entity->field_established['und'][0][value];
if (!empty($e_original_date)) {
$changed_date = strtotime($e_original_date);
$new_date = date("d F Y", $changed_date);
print 'Established date
';
print $new_date;
}
else{
print '';
}Dedication date:
c1975Dedication date
28 January 1975 Conflict/s
Korean WarMalaya-Borneo Emergency
Vietnam War
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