War Memorials in Australia

The Australian Special Air Service Memorial Rose Garden

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Place: Canberra,  Australian Capital Territory, 2600
District: Southern Tablelands (ACT)
Orientation: National Capital
Location: Northbourne Avenue and Bunda Street
Position: 35 16 62 S     149 07 79 E
Ref: 00052

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Set in the rose garden is a stone and concrete wall with a polished black granite top.


On granite top

 

In Remembrance

     

In Remembrance

 
PTE ANTHONY SMITH
Australia 5 Aug 1960
CPL RONALD HARRIS
South Vietnam 17 Jan 1969
CPL DOUGLAS ABBOTT
Australia 4 Mar 1976

Insignia of
Special Air
Service
Regiment
on outline
map of
Australia

CPL STEPHEN DALEY
Australia 12 Nov 1991
CPL MIHRAN AVEDISSIAN
Australia 12 June 1996
TPR TIMOTHY McDONALD
Australia 12 June 1996
L/CPL PAUL DENEHEY
Borneo 6 Jun 1965
LT CHARLES EILER
Australia 12 Aug 1969
CPL LAWRENCE MEALIN
Australia 22 June 1976
SGT PAUL KENCH
Australia 9 Dec 1992
CPL DARREN SMITH
Australia 12 June 1996
TPR JONATHON CHURCH
Australia 12 June 1996
LT KENNETH HUDSON
Borneo 21 Mar 1966
WO 2 JOHN GRAFTON
Australia 24 Aug 1969
L/CPL PETER WILLIAMSON
Australia 10 Oct 1980
CPL GORDON HOLLAND
Australia 21 May 1993
CPL BRETT TOMBS
Australia 12 June 1996
TPR GLEN HAGAN L/CPL 11.5.96
Australia 12 June 1996
PTE ROBERT MONCRIEFF
Borneo 21 Mar 1966
PTE DAVID FISHER
South Vietnam 27 Sep 1969
SGT EWAN MILLER
Philippines 26 Feb 1981
SIG LACHLAN MARTIN
Australia 14 May 1996
L/CPL DAVID JOHNSTONE
Australia 12 June 1996
SIG HENDRIK PEETERS
Australia 12 June 1996
PTE RUSSELL COPEMAN
South Vietnam 10 Apr 1967
CPL ALLAN O'NEILL
South Vietnam 30 Oct 1969
SGT MURRAY TONKIN
Philippines 26 Feb 1981
CAPT TIMOTHY STEVENS
Australia 12 June 1996
L/CPL GORDON CALLOW
Australia 12 June 1996
SGT ANDREW RUSSELL
Afghanistan 16 Feb 2002
PTE GEOFFREY O'SHEA
South Vietnam 1 Oct 1967
2LT BRIAN JONES
South Vietnam 10 Apr 1971
SIG GREGORY FRY
Philippines 26 Feb 1981
SGT HUGH ELLIS
Australia 12 June 1996
L/CPL DAVID FROST
Australia 12 June 1996
 
SGT GEORGE BAINES
South Vietnam 13 Feb 1962
SGT HARRY GREEN
Australia 10 Oct 1972
TPR DAVID O'CALLAGHAN
Australia 16 Apr 1982
CPL MICHAEL BIRD
Australia 12 June 1996
CPL ANDREW
        CONSTANTINIDIS
 
PTE TREVOR IRWIN
Australia 14 Jun 1968


Lest We Forget

L/CPL PETER RAWLINGS
Australia 24 June 1982
CPL DARREN OLDHAM
Australia 12 June 1996

Australia 12 June 1996
   Lest We Forget

 

 

 

East face
Metal plaque on south side
This Memorial Rose Garden
was unveiled on
ANZAC Day 1998
by
His Excellency,
the Honourable Sir William Deane AC KBE
Governor - General
of the
Commonwealth of Australia.


Metal plaque on north side
The Australian Special Air Service
Memorial Rose Garden
is a living tribute to the memory of those members
who gave their lives in the finest of traditions.

The rose was developed as a tribute to a great man
of the 20th Century.
Group Captain Lord Cheshire VC OM DSOI I DFC.
for unmatched courage in war and selfless dedication
to the service of others in peace.

 


Information current to October 2004


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