Front of wall
Lest we forget
For all those who served
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Boer War
South Africa
10th October 1899 = 31st May 1902
The Boer War was the first war in which the Commonwealth fought as a nation
Australia's Military Contribution
23,000 Troops Militia/Reservists
500 Permanent Soldiers
1 gun battery
60 Army nurses
1000 killed or died of wounds and other causes
Tweed District Military Contribution
33 Troopers
6 Victoria Crosses awarded to Australians
161 other bravery awards
43,000 horses shipped over (none returned)
100 POWs
Dedicated: Remembrance Day Monday 11th November 2013
Tweed Valley-Murwillumbah Sub Branch National Servicemen's Association Australia and Dept of Veterans Affairs
"Saluting Their Service"
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British Commonwealth Occupation Forces
Australian Contingent
[British Commonwealth Forces emblem]
Japan 1945–1952
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To those who served and those who paid the supreme sacrifice
Malayan Emergency 1950–1960
Federation of Malaya and Colony of Singapore 1957–1960
Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei 1962–1964)
Nth East Thailand 1962–1965
Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei 1964–1966
Lest we forget
Dedicated 31 August 2011
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National Service Memorial
Commemorating the service of 278,000 young men called up for National Service in the Navy Army and Air Force between 1951 and 1972
212 were killed on active service overseas and approximately 1500 were wounded
Placed by the Tweed Valley-Murwillumbah Sub-branch of the National Servicemen's Association of Australia
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South Vietnam 1962–73
Unveiled by Major General J. M. Connolly AO CSC 18th August 2002
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Salute to the Australian Light Horsemen
The 100 year Anniversary of the "Charge at Beersheba" by the Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade commanding 800 Light Horsemen of the 4th (Vic) and 12th (NSW) Light Horse Regiments with 11th LH Regt (Qld & SA) in Reserve 31st October 1917 during the Palestine Sinai Desert Campaign in WW1
Unveiled by Colonel Tom Harwood AM. RFD.
Dedicated by Reverend Graeme Hodgkinson Th Schol
11th November 2017
The Tweed Valley-Murwillumbah Sub Branch of the National Servicemen's Association of Australia NSW Branch Inc., acknowledge the Department of Veterans Affairs "Saluting Their Service" Commemorative Grants Program and
Murwillumbah RSL Sub Branch
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Korean War 1950–53
Dedicated to those who fell and those who served in the British Commonwealth Forces Korea as part of the United Nations Force
Dedicated 11th November 2009
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Murwillumbah War Widows' Guild Club
Established 26th August 1985
Dedicted (sic) to the memory of all War Widows.
Unveiled by Councilor (sic) Max R Boyd AM Tweed Shire Council
25th April 2005