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20-July-2014
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20-July-2014
May-2007

Photographs supplied by Chris McLaughlin

The plaque commemorates those who served with the 16th Infantry Battalion during World War Two.

Location

Address:Esplanade, Bicentennial Park, adjacent to Cenotaph, Darwin, 0800
State:NT
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -12.466739
Long: 130.839982
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

Front Inscription

16 Australian Infantry Battalion (A.I.F.)
13 Infantry Brigade

Erected to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Battalion personnel in the Darwin Area 1943 - 1944 and the New Britain Campaign 1944 - 1945.

Presented by the XVI Battalion the Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia Association.

"Lest We Forget"

 

Source: MA,SKP
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