Wall number
9
Soil collected from
10m to the south of the Southern DMZ fence; 400m to the west of the Samichon River; 2km to the south of the 2RAR and 3RAR defensive location
Plaque Number
2080
Soil Collected By
MAJ Simon Hawkins; Assistant Defence Attache, Australian Embassy, Seoul
Significance of Location
In the last battle of the Korean War involving Australians, fought on 24–26 July 1953, 2RAR and 3RAR denied the vital high ground above the Samichon River to the enemy despite overwhelming Chinese Communist attacks in the days preceding the armistice.
Conflict
Korean War 1950–1953
Latitude
38.00
Longitude
126.86