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14-November-2015
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The plaque commemorates the members of the 2nd / 40th Infantry Battalion who died in service or were killed in action in Timor in 1942 during World War Two.
The 2nd / 40th Infantry Battalion was the only battalion in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) recruited almost entirely from Tasmania. After months of training at Brighton Army Camp, it joined a detachment called Sparrow Force, sent on an impossible mission to defend the island of Timor from imminent Japanese invasion.
Location
| Address: | Bathurst & Paterson Streets, Royal Park, Launceston, 7250 |
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| State: | TAS |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -41.438836 Long: 147.132904 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 03-September-1939 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-August-1945 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 23rd February, 1992 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAA living memory to our fallen comrades
2 / 40 Btn. A.I.F.
Timor 1942
Dedicated 23rd Feb 1992
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
