War Memorials in Australia
Townsville Long Tan Cross
Place:
Townsville, Queensland, 4810
District:
Herbert and Lower
Burdekin
Orientation:
Location: Lavarack Army Barracks Chapel
Position:
Ref: 40230
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The memorial is a concrete cross, a replica of the cross at the Long Tan battlefield in Vietnam. It is surrounded by a steel post and chain fence and there is a flagpole on the ? side.
? face
Metal plaque
In memory of those members of D Coy
6 RAR and 3 Troop 1 APC Sqn who gave
their lives during the Battle of Long Tan on
the 18 August 1966.
Erected by 1 RAR Assault Pioneers on
behalf
of 6 RAR Association NQ Coy Townsville
on the 18th August 1997.
Information current to September 2004
Sources: The information and photograph on this page have been kindly provided by Peter Fox