National Vietnam Memorial

Vietnam National Memorial - writing on the wall
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Memorial Name
National Vietnam Memorial
Address

Anzac Park, Reid ACT 2612

Memorial Type
Wall
Conflicts
Vietnam War, 1962–75
Dedication Date
03 Oct 1992
Memorial Designer

Tonkin Zulaikha Harford (architects) Ken Unsworth AM (sculptor)

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Sheltering shape and calming water offer respite to visitors

Three concrete stelae (slabs), rising from a shallow moat, form the dramatic centre of the memorial and enclose a space for quiet contemplation.

Fixed to the

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Vietnam National Memorial - photograph of soldiers being airlifted from Phuoc Tuy in south Vietnam
Vietnam National Memorial - inscription
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Pilot Officer Robert Charles Carver, No. 2 Squadron, RAAF, c.1971
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Pilot Officer Robert Charles Carver, No. 2 Squadron, RAAF

Robert Carver, “Bob”, was born on 2 July 1946 and grew up in Toowoomba. He was a gifted student and keen athlete.

Carver trained as a radiographer before

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Peter Raymond Gillson & Richard Harold John Parker - Vietnam War. Credit: Australian War Memorial
Robert Charles Carver & Michael Patrick John Herbert - Vietnam War. Credit: Australian War Memorial
David John Elkington Fisher & John Francis Gillespie - Vietnam War. Credit: Australian War Memorial
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John Schumann, writer of the no. 1 hit song "I was only 19" about Australia's participation in the Vietnam War
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'It doesn't belong to me, it belongs to the people'

I was only 19 is song that changed John Schumann’s life. But when the singer-songwriter sat down to write about the Vietnam War more than 35 years ago, he never

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