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28-September-2014
28-September-2014
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The plaque commemorates those who served with No. 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force during World War Two.  No. 12 Squadron was the first to be permanently based in Darwin in 1939.

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:WW2
Actual Event Start Date:03-September-1939
Actual Event End Date:15-August-1945

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:2003
Front Inscription

This plaque commemorates the service on the Darwin area of No. 12 Squadron RAAF

Formed at Laverton Vicotria on February 1939.  It moved to Darwin in July 1939 and was the first Squadron permanently based in the Northern Territory.  It operated from Darwin until October 1943 and then moved to New Guinea.

This plaque honours the memory of all those who served in the Squadron and those who made the supreme sacrifice.

Lest We Forget

Dedicated 2003

Source: MA,RVWM
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