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Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park

Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park
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Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park, with picnic tables, garden beds and BBQ facilities
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Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park, central bushrock flanked by flagpoles
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Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park, close-up of central bushrock plaque
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Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park, Korean War honour roll
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Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park, Vietnam War honour roll
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Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park, Vietnam War honour roll
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Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park, south-east Asia plaque
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Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park, Vietnam plaque
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Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park, B.C.O.F. plaque
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Aberdare Veterans Memorial Park, Korean War plaque
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Description / Background

This Veterans Memorial Park is located in Aberdare, NSW. It features grassed areas, garden beds, picnic tables, and barbeque facilities. It also contains several monument, including a grouping dedicated to post-Second World War conflicts.

The group is centrally located within the park. It consists of a small paved area, surrounded by low bushes, and contains the following elements:

  • central bushrock pillar with a brass plaque
  • four brass plaques on low plinths
  • three polished stone monuments, with honour roll names of service personnel engraved on their faces
  • two flagpoles

Notes on veterans' names:

  • No records can be found for a B S Bigelow dying during the Malaya/Borneo Emergency. The status codes of this veteran have been left as Killed in action (KIA), as that is what is indicated by the memorial.
  • The status code for B D Grainger has been taken from information on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.
Inscription

Bushrock pillar, plaque

This memorial is in memory of all those personnel who served in Korea, South East Asia, Vietnam.

[emblem]

Lest we forget

Honour Roll stone 1

Korea

[Names]

B.C.O.F.

[Names]

Malaya-Borneo

[Names]

Honour Roll stone 2

Vietnam

[Names]

Bougainville

[Names]

Honour Roll stone 3

Vietnam

[Names]

Low plaque 1

B.C.O.F.

[emblem]

Lest we forget

Low plaque 2

South-East Asia

[emblem]

Lest we forget

Low plaque 3

Vietnam

[emblem]

Lest we forget

Low plaque 4

Korea

[emblem]

Lest we forget

Veterans listed on this memorial

Veterans listed on this memorial

Last held rank Given name Family name Conflict/s Service No. Service Campaign Read more
L/Cpl W J Roddy Vietnam War RAASC view
LMED Tom Rutherford Malaya/Borneo Emergency RAN view
WO R B D Rutherford Vietnam War AATTV view
LMED T Rutherford Vietnam War RAN view
Capt I C Savage Vietnam War view
Flt Sgt A Thomas Vietnam War view
Maj I Thomas Vietnam War RAEME view
Sgt D Thomas Korean Campaign view
Lt R Thomas Vietnam War RAN view
CFN G R Vallance Malaya/Borneo Emergency RAEME view

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Address
27 Pokolbin Street
Aberdare NSW 2325
Local Government Area
Cessnock, City of
Setting
Garden/park
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Flag/flagpole
Garden/park
Stone/bushrock
Recorded by
Cessnock City Council. Robert McLardy. David Roden.
Conflict/s
Occupation of Japan, 1946–51
Korean War, 1950–53
Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
Indonesian Confrontation, 1963–66
Vietnam War, 1962–75
Peacekeeping, 1947–present