Bundaberg Korean War Memorial
Lions Remembrance Park, Electra Street
Bundaberg West QLD 4670
Plaque mounted on a plinth with dedication plaque and individual 'in memoriam plaques' for members now deceased. Commemorates the service and sacrifice of the Korean War Veterans.
- Inscription
(Main plaque) IN MEMORY OF THOSE AUSTRALIANS WHO DIED IN THE KOREAN WAR AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED 1950 - 1956 BLESS THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA.
(Dedication plaque - left) THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED BY PASTOR STEWART W. LAW. BA (Thl) (Vietnam Veteran 1965 - 66.) 27th OCTOBER 1999.
(Dedication plaque - right) COMMITTEE OF THE BUNDABERG & DISTRICT KOREAN WAR VETERANS 1999-2000 President: W R Bennett LM Army Vice President: P L Goss Army Secretary/ Treasurer K A Smith Army Committee: A R Slapp RAN A Copeland RN G P B Heming Army UK M N Velven Army NZ A A Kane RAAF Lest We Forget
- Conflicts commemorated
- Korean War, 1950–1953
- Unit memorials
- Memorial type
- Stone/cairn/plinth
- Commemorative services held
- Anniversary of the Cease Fire of the Korean War - Korean War Veterans Day. 10am, 27 July each year. organised by the Bundaberg and District Korean War Veterans, Secretary c/- Bundaberg RSL Sub Branch
Phone 4132 6512
email: bundyrsl@bigpond.net.auPostal: PO Box 228 Bundaberg 4670 - Additional information
One of the two first memorials to be erected in Lions Remembrance Park. The other being the Vietnam War Memorial. Both were dedicated on the same day.
- Recorded by
- Leone Wilson, Secretary, Wide Bay and Burnett District RSL
- Date recorded
- 30 June 2009
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