First Naval and Military Expeditionary Force Plaque
Sydney, Australia

This memorial is on a sandstone escarpment of the Sydney Opera House forecourt, near the northern end of Macquarie Street commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the departure of the First Naval and Military
Expeditionary Force to New Guinea in 1914.

 

Two plaques mounted along the escarpment of the Sydney Opera House forecourt. The plaque on the left commemorates the departure of the Royal Australian Regiment for Korea in 1952.

(All photos and text courtesy of Peter F. Williams)
© 2009 Peter F. Williams all rights reserved

 



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