Skip to main content

Tweed Heads 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Memorial Plaque

Tweed Heads 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Memorial Plaque
Middle
Image
Tweed Heads 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Memorial Plaque
Image
Garden beds with plaques along the Tweed Heads Memorial Walkway
Image
Garden beds with plaques along the Tweed Heads Memorial Walkway
0 / 0
-
Description / Background

The memorial is a bronze plaque commemorating those who served and fell from the 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. It was dedicated on 1 February 2011.

The memorial is located along the Tweed Heads Memorial Walkway in Chris Cunningham Park. It is attached to a lattice frame, set within a garden bed. It is one of a number of plaques commemorating Australian military units and organisations positioned throughout the area.  

Excerpt from the Australian War Memorial:

4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) was raised at Woodside on 1 February 1964. The first regular infantry to be raised in Australia, 4RAR served in Malaysia as part of the Far East Strategic Reserve from August 1965 to September 1967. Upon its return the battalion began training for service in Vietnam.

... [4RAR] was the last Australian battalion to leave Vietnam. On 7 November 1971 it withdrew from Nui Dat to Vung Tau, before departing for Australia on 8 December.

The battalion was renamed the 2nd Commando Regiment on 19 June 2009.

Chris Cunningham Park is a site of Anzac Day and other commemorative services.

Inscription

4th BATTALION,

THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT

RAISED 01 FEBRUARY 1964

4 Duty First

MALAYSI, BORNEO, SOUTH VIETNAM, EAST TIMOR, TIMOR LESTE, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN

Dedicated to all who served and in memory of those who died

Lest We Forget

Dedicated 01 February 2011

Do you know more about this war Memorial?

Click here to learn how you can contribute
Sidebar
Address
Tweed Heads Memorial Walkway
Chris Cunningham Park Wharf Street
Tweed Heads NSW 2485
Local Government Area
Tweed Shire
Setting
Garden/park
Location status
Original location
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Graham Wilson
Dedication date
01 February 2011
Conflict/s
Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
Vietnam War, 1962–75
Afghanistan, 2001–present
Iraq: the Second Gulf War, 2003–09
Peacekeeping, 1947–present
Materials
Bronze