War Memorials in Australia
Tasmanian Naval Seafarers' Memorial
Place:
Triabunna, Tasmania, 7190
District: East Coast
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The memorial is a freestone plinth set on brick paving. There is a flagpole on the south side.
Bronze plaque on north face
Insignia
TASMANIAN
of
Royal
NAVAL
Australian Navy SEAFARERS'
MEMORIAL
DEDICATED 26 OCTOBER, 1997
IN MEMORY OF TASMANIAN NAVAL PERSONNEL
WHO WERE LOST AT SEA
WHILST IN THE SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA
'HOME IS THE SAILOR, HOME FROM THE SEA'
The naval memorial is part of the Tasmanian Seafarers' Memorial which also includes the following bronze plaques:
1st plaque
Insignia
of
H.M.A.S.
VOYAGER Insignia
of
Royal Australian
Navy 10 FEBRUARY,
1964 H.M.A.S.
Voyager
IN MEMORY OF TASMANIAN R.A.N. PERSONNEL
LOST AS THE RESULT OF A COLLISION AT SEA
WITH H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE
| BROWN NEIL BENJAMIN | A.B | R53951 | ||
| CLAYTON JOHN DAVID | Ord (CO) | R62344 | ||
| FITZALLEN GRAHAM DENNIS | Ord (CO) | R62357 | ||
| LEHMAN LEORNARD CHARLES | Ord (CK) | R62457 |
LEST WE FORGET
2nd plaque
Gumleaves TASMANIAN
PRISONERS OF WAR
LOST AT SEA
FOLLOWING THE SINKING OF
JAPANESE TRANSPORT SHIPS
JULY 1942
MONTEVIDEO MARU OFF LUZON
JUNE 1944
TAMAHOKO MARU OFF NAGASAKI, JAPAN
SEPTEMBER 1944
RAKUYO MARU OFF THE PHILIPPINES
- LEST WE FORGET -
3rd plaque
Insignia
of
LEST WE FORGET
Gumleaves
Royal Australian
Navy
STO. LLOYD DUDLEY BESSELL
R1511 HMAS 'PERTH' POW DD 12.9.1944
PHILIPPINES 'RAKUYO MARU'
-
STO. BERNARD DAVID BOWIE FERGUSON
22734 HMAS 'PERTH'
POW DD 20.6.1944
JAPANESE TRANSPORT SUNK OFF SUMATRA
4th plaque
Rising sun
LEST WE FORGET
Gumleaves
Insignia
PTE. LINSLIE CLIFFORD BOLTON
TX1502 2/40 AIF POW DD 24/6/1944
NEAR NAGASAKI 'TAMAHOKO MARU'
-
PTE. GEORGE CONNOLLY DAVIDSON
TX2885 2/40 AIB POW DD
13/9/1944
PHILIPPINES 'RAKUYO MARU'
Information current to August 2001