A NEW memorial was revealed at Point Danger on Friday August 1 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the deployment of 2 and 3 troop, 32 Small Ship Squadron to Borneo during the Indonesian Confrontation.

The memorial was imagined by Murwillumbah's Bob Modystack, who was a sapper sea man diver with the squadron and a member of the Australian military from age of 18 to 35.

"I woke up one morning and realised that a lot of the men in the 32 Small Ship Squadron were only 18, 19, and 20 when they signed up to the military and there is only nine of us left," Mr Modystack said.

"So I had to make the monument.

"I was ecstatic and relieved that it came to fruition," he said.

Over 120 people from all over Australia traveled to Point Danger for the consecration.

Point Danger was chosen as the site because all 32 Small Ship Squadron vessels would have passed the point during their service.

The Royal Australian Engineers Monument was made of granite to represent Operation Granite and weighs 3.5 tonnes.

It was engraved and positioned by Murwillumbah stonemasons R. Dunn and Sons.

The coloured tiles on the monument represent active service in Borneo and Vietnam and extensive service in Papa New Guinea, prior to independence.

The stainless steel post was donated by Mr Modystack and represents the unit motto: "Jaimais Etre Remorque" which means "Never be towed".

The monument cost $32,000, and Mr Modystack said he was looking for donators to help pay for it.

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