Mackay National Servicemens Memorial
Jubilee Park,Alfred Street
Mackay QLD 4740
Two stepped black polished granite memorial with two plinths displaying a bronze plaque on each. One of the plaques is dedicated to the 205 men from the Mackay District who served and died in the 2/12th Battalion at Milne Bay and further battles during WW2. The other is dedicated to the 287,000 men who served in the National Services between 1951 and 1972. Of the total, 187 were killed and 1,479 wounded overseas. The National Service Association badge is also displayed.
- Inscription
NATIONAL
SERVICEMEN'S
MEMORIAL
COMMEMORATING THE 287,000 YOUNG MEN
CALLED UP FOR NATIONAL SERVICE IN THE
NAVY, ARMY AND AIR FORCE BETWEEN 1951
AND 1972, 187 WERE KILLED AND 1,479
WOUNDED OVERSEAS
THEY SERVED AUSTRALIA
- Conflicts commemorated
- Vietnam War, 1962–1972
- Other
- Memorial type
- Stone/cairn/plinth
- Commemorative services held
ANZAC Day Dawn Services held in Jubilee Park, followed by another service later in the morning.
- Additional information
Dedicated by the Mackay Branch of the National Servicemens Association, July 2003.
In 2011 this Memorial was upgraded and enhanced due to a partnership between Mackay Regional Council and the Queensland Government, with a Community Memorials Restoration grant assisting to finance the new memorial. Prior to the enhancement, each of the plaques were displayed on seperate low concrete plinths. The original bronze plaques have been repositioned on new memorial.
- Recorded by
- Glen Hall, Mackay Historical Society
- Date recorded
- 5 March 2009
Nearby memorials
- Bakers Creek Air Crash Memorial
- Bakers Creek/Dundula District Honour Board
- Coningsby State School 1914-1919 Roll of Honor
- Dundula State School Honour Board
- Glenella State School 1939–1945 Honour Board
- Glenella State School Honour Board 1914–1918
- Homebush and District Honour Board 1914-1919
- Mackay 2/12th Battalion Memorial
- Mackay Mafeking Boer War Memorial
- Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Board