The Bathurst Ex Service and Vietnam Veterans Memorial is located at the rear of the Bathurst Cemetery. It consists of three elements. Firstly, there is a stone pillar with a brass plaque attached, which commemorates the Battle of Lone Pine (Gallipoli, August 1915). Secondly, there is an area containing self-funded pavers, engraved with the service details of subscribers. The third element is another area of engraved pavers, commemorating by name each of the soldiers who died while serving as National Servicemen in either Borneo or South Vietnam in 1966 to 1971. All the pavers are earthenware and are laid on a concrete base. In the centre of the paved area is a cross, made out of contrasting cream-coloured pavers, inscribed with the words 'Lest we forget'.
The memorial was conceived, designed, and constructed by members of the Mid State Sub Branch National Servicemen's Association of Australia (NSW Branch), between 2018 and 2020. The design was done by Mr James Dietrich, President of the Sub Branch. He was assisted with the administrative side of the project by Mr Fred Collett, Mr James Nash, Mr Keith Smith, and the Reverend Howard Knowles. Basic site preparation and non-skilled construction work was also performed by Messrs. Dietrich, Nash, and Smith, in their roles as Sub Branch members. The paving portion was carried out by Mr Alan Harvey, a local paving tradesman, working in a voluntary capacity.
The self-funded section of the memorial was dedicated on 10 November 2018 and the section commemorating fallen National Servicemen was dedicated on 15 May 2021.
It is believed the section of the memorial commemorating fallen National Servicemen by name is unique in Australia. Other memorials commemorate their service, but do not identify them specifically by name as having died while serving as National Servicemen.
The purchase of materials for the fallen National Servicemen section was funded through a grant given under the Australian Government's Department of Veterans' Affairs 'Saluting Their Service' program. The self-funded section was funded by subscribers each paying $40 to have their service details engraved on a paver and then laid within the memorial. The Gallipoli pillar is believed to have been largely privately funded by Mr Barry Stuart.
Statement of Significance provided by James Nash, Mid State Sub Branch National Servicemen's Association of Australia (NSW Branch), May 2022:
This memorial is particularly significant to the Bathurst region because it contains the service details of numerous Bathurst residents, those details dating back in some cases to the Second Boer War (1899–1902) and through to the details of serving and ex service personnel up until the present time. That section of the memorial commemorating by name each National Serviceman (1966–1971) who died while on active service is believed to be unique in terms of content.