Royal Australian Regiment Korean War Commemorative Plaque
Description
Metal plaque with inscription surmounted by the badge of the Royal Australian Regiment. Located east side of Circular Quay within the Sydney Opera House concourse, mounted on sandstone escarpment.
Inscription
The First Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment embarked from this place on 3 March 1952, for the war in Korea and returned to the same wharf on 8 April 1953.
Together with the Second and Third Battalions of the Regiment, ships and aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy and aircraft of the Royal Australian Airforce, the First Battalion formed Australia's contribution to the 21 country United Nations force engaged in Korea between 25 June, 1950 and 27 July, 1953.
During World War 1 1914-1918 and World War II 1939 - 1945 the City of Sydney raised the First Infantry Battalion A.I.F. and the 2/1ST Infantry Battalion Second A.I.F. which both sailed from and returned to Sydney Harbour.
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Address
Sydney Opera House Concourse,
East Circular Quay,
Sydney NSW 2000
AustraliaLocal Government Area
- Sydney, City of
Setting
- Public square
Memorial type
- Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Mr John K. Wright, State Library of New South WalesEstablished Date format:
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$changed_date = strtotime($e_original_date);
$new_date = date("d F Y", $changed_date);
print 'Established date
';
print $new_date;
}
else{
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}Conflict/s
- Korean War, 1950–53