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10 Australian Army Troops Company Print Page
19-July-2017
Photographs supplied by Chris McLaughlin / Peter Williams
The plaque commemorates those who served with the 10 Australian Army Troops Company during World War Two.
The Company was formed in Adelaide, February 1942. It was involved in construction work from Mt. Isa to Tennant Creek; Banka Banka and Elliott. They rebuilt the wharf in Darwin in 1944. They left for New Guinea in 1945.
Location
Address: | Esplanade, Bicentennial Park, adjacent to Cenotaph, Darwin, 0800 |
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State: | NT |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -12.466667 Long: 130.84 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Plaque |
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Monument Theme: | Conflict |
Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
Approx. Event Start Date: | March-1944 |
Approx. Event End Date: | February-1945 |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MA,SKP10 Aust. Army Troops Coy
Royal Australian Engineers (A. I. F.)
Dedicated to the memory of those who served with in this unit reconstructing and extending the bomb damaged wharf system and in general engineer duties in the Darwin area
March 1944 to February 1945
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