The artwork pays tribute to the people from across NSW who offered to serve in the Great War and the ongoing service and sacrifice of NSW servicemen and servicewomen. It contributes a significant new civic space to Sydney’s cultural landscape and provides space to pause and reflect on the enormity of service and sacrifice across generations.
On this day
On this day
24 May
1915 — A six hour cease-fire was arranged at GALLIPOLI to enable both sides to recover their dead and wounded
1966 — PTE E. NOACK was killed in Vietnam and became the first National Serviceman to die in the Vietnam War
1968 — Fire Support Base (FSB) BALMORAL was attacked by two battalions of North Vietnamese troops. 3 RAR troops, assisted by Centurion tanks, fought off the attack
1969 — WO Class 2 K. PAYNE, a veteran of Korean and Malayan campaigns, won a Victoria Cross for his courage in covering the withdrawal of troops and then returning to locate and recover casualties, while part of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam