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13-October-2015
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The plaque commemorates the servicemen and servicewomen who passed through the building when it was used as the Royal Australian Air Force, No. 6 Recruit Centre during World War Two.
Location
Address: | 178 Macquarie Street, Hobart, 7000 |
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State: | TAS |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -42.886302 Long: 147.325791 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Plaque |
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Monument Theme: | Conflict |
Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
Actual Event Start Date: | 18-November-1939 |
Actual Event End Date: | 17-November-1945 |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 15th September, 1995 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAThis plaque honours the men and women who passed through this building on enlistment in the R.A.A.F. when it was No. 6 Recruit Centre from 18 November 1939 to 1 September 1945.
It then became known as No. 6 Personnel Depot to 17 November 1945...
Unveiled by Air Vice Marshal David N Rogers AM Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
Friday 15 September 1995
Australia Remembers 1945 - 1995
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au