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20-July-2014 (Chris McLaughlin)
20-July-2014 (Chris McLaughlin)
Photographs supplied by Chris McLaughlin / Peter F Williams

The plaque commemorates those who served on H.M.A.S. Gawler from 1942 to 1946, and H.M.A.S. Gawler from 1983.

Location

Address:Esplanade, Bicentennial Park, adjacent to Cenotaph, Darwin, 0800
State:NT
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -12.466667
Long: 130.84
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Friday 25th April, 1997
Front Inscription

HMAS Gawler (I)
J188
B241 Corvette
1942 - 1946

Commissioned Whyalla, S.A. 14th August 1942

Indian Ocean    1942
Mediterranean   1942
South East Asia 1944
Pacific                1945
Indian Ocean
 

HMAS Gawler (II)
212
Fremantle Class Patrol Boat
1983 -

Commissioned Cairns, North Queensland, 27th August 1983
North Australia / South East Asia / South West Pacific 1983 - Australian Patrol Boat Force - Darwin.

This plaque was dedicated on the occasion of the visit  to Darwin of crew members and their relatives of the original Gawler -

ANZAC Day 1997

 

Source: MA,SKP
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au