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Battle of the Coral SeaPrint Page 
06-December-2022
Photographs supplied by Chris Abbott
The tree commemorates the Battle of the Coral Sea which occurred World War Two when American and Allied Forces defeated the Japanese in an air and sea battle to save Australia.
The battle was fought between the 4th and 8th of May 1942, was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War Two between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States of America and Australia. The battle was the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other, as well as the first in which neither side's ships sighted or fired directly upon the other.
Location
| Address: | High & Swanbourne Streets, Monument Hill Memorial Reserve, Fremantle, 6160 |
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| State: | WA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -32.052368 Long: 115.757136 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Tree |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 04-May-1942 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 08-May-1942 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Wednesday 16th May, 1956 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MATree planted by Lieutenant General James H Doolittle USAFR
16th May 1956
In commemoration of the Coral Sea Battle
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
