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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
State:TAS
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -42.886302
Long: 147.325791
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
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
Front Inscription

This 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
 

Source: MA
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