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Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club Memorial Wall

Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club Memorial Wall
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Front of Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club Memorial Wall
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Back of Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club Memorial Wall
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Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club Memorial Wall, South Africa (Boer War) plaque
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Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club Memorial Wall, First World War plaque
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Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club Memorial Wall, Korean War plaque
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Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club Memorial Wall, Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation plaque
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Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club Memorial Wall, Vietnam War plaque
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Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club Memorial Wall, other conflicts and peacekeeping missions plaque
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Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club Memorial Wall, dedication plaque
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Description / Background

The memorial is a concrete wall, which is fully faced with white tiles. It is positioned in front of a flagpole, in the front garden of the Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club. There are several bronze plaques attached to the wall, dedicated in honour of conflicts and peacekeeping missions in which Australia has been involved.

Some of the plaques also include the emblems of the Australian Commonwealth Horse, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Imperial Force, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australia Commonwealth Military Forces, the Returned & Services League Australia, and the Australian flag.

The memorial was dedicated by Father Anthony Lemon of the Sacred Heart Parish on 11 December 2017.

Inscription

Front of wall

Lest we forget

Plaque 1

SOUTH AFRICA

(BOER WAR)

11.10.1899–1.6.1902

Number enlisted: 16,463 Colonial Commonwealth Contingents

Killed in action, died of wounds and other causes: 606

Wounded: 533

POWS: 100

Plaque 2

FIRST WORLD WAR

4.8.1914–11.11.1918

Number enlisted: 416,809 Enlisted AIF (included AFC)

324,000 enlisted & served overseas

RAN N/A

Killed in action, died of wounds and other causes: 61,720

199 RAN

Wounded: 155,000 (all services)

POWS: 4,044

397 (died while captive)

Plaque 3

SECOND WORLD WAR

8.9.1939–8.5.1945 Victory in Europe 15.8.1945 Victory in Pacific

Number enlisted: 691,000 men AIF & militia

35,800 women AIF & militia

45,800 men RAN

3,100 women RAN

189,700 men RAAF

27,200 women RAAF

Killed in action, died of wounds and other causes

26,097 Army

2,208

11,081 RAAF

Wounded: 66, 558 (all Services)

POWS:

8,184 (against Germany)

22,878 against Japan

8,031 (died while captive)

Plaque 4

KOREAN WAR

29.6.1950–27.7.1953

Number enlisted:

10,657 Army

4,507 RAN 

2,000 RAAF (approx.)

Killed in action, died of wounds and other causes: 

339 Army 

N/A RAN

N/A RAAF

Wounded:

1,216 Army

N/A RAN 

N/A RAAF

POWS: 29

1 died while captive

Plaque 5

MALAYAN EMERGENCY

31.5.1950–31.7.1960

Number enlisted: 7,000 Army

Killed in action, died of wounds and other causes: 36

Wounded: 20

INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION

10.10.1963–1.10.1966

Number enlisted: 3,500 Army

Killed in action, died of wounds and other causes: 15

Wounded: 9

Plaque 6

VIETNAM WAR

3.8.1962–1.1.1973

Number enlisted:

42,700 Army 

2,825 RAN

4,443 RAAF

Killed in action died of wounds and other causes: 520

Wounded: 2,898

Plaque 7

These plaques are dedicated to all those who served and paid for freedom with their lives.

We pay homage to those who served since in the Gulf War, East Timor, Iraq, Afghanistan, and all peacekeeping and other conflicts since.

We also honour those who suffered injuries as a result of their service.

Each has won a glorious grave not that sepulchre of earth wherin they lie, but the living tomb of everlasting remembrance wherein their glory is enshrined. For the whole earth is the supreme sepulchre of heroes. Monuments may rise and tablets be set up to them in their own land. But on the far off shores there is an abiding memorial that no pen or chisel has traced. It is graven not on stone or brass, but on the living hearts of humanity. Take these men for example like them, remember that prosperity can only be for the free that freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Pericles (495-429 BC)

Let all who pass this way pause and reflect that the fallen gave up their todays for your tomorrows.

Lest we forget

Dedication plaque

This memorial was dedicated on the 11/12/2017 in memory of all those who served their country, especially those who died on service or since from injuries or illness caused by their service.

In presence of:-

Murwillumbah RSL Sub Branch

Ron Bossnik President

Derik Sims OAM Immediate Past President

Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club

Lindsay Howard-Smith President

Guy Diven CEO

Consecration conducted by Fr Anthony Lemon Sacred Heart Parish

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Address
Murwillumbah Services Memorial Club
10 Wollumbin Street
Murwillumbah NSW 2484
Local Government Area
Tweed Shire
Setting
Building – outside
Location status
Original location
Memorial type
Wall
Recorded by
Graham Wilson
Year of construction
2017
Dedication date
11 December 2017
Conflict/s
South African War (Boer War), 1899–1902
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Korean War, 1950–53
Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
Indonesian Confrontation, 1963–66
Vietnam War, 1962–75
Iraq: the First Gulf War, 1990–91
Afghanistan, 2001–present
Iraq: the Second Gulf War, 2003–09
Peacekeeping, 1947–present
All conflicts
Materials
Bronze