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14-November-2015
14-November-2015
Photographs supplied by Arthur Garland

The seat commemorates the members of the 2nd / 40th Infantry Battalion who served in 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
State:TAS
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -41.438836
Long: 147.132904
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Seat
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Actual Event Start Date:03-September-1939
Actual Event End Date:15-August-1945

Dedication

Front Inscription

Donated as a tribute to the 2nd 40th Bn  A.I.F.

1939 - 1945 War

 

Source: MA
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