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200 Liberator Special Duties Flight & Z Special UnitPrint Page 
A monument commemorates 200 Special Duties Flight Royal Australian Air Force (R.A.A.F) and Z Special Unit.
During 1945, 200 Liberator Special Duties Flight and Z Services Reconnaissance Department operated from Leyburn aerodrome conducting secret operations by commandos behind enemy lines in Borneo.
Location
| Address: | Toowoomba - Karara Road, Liberator Park, Leyburn, 4365 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -28.006172 Long: 151.586953 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 03-September-1939 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-August-1945 |
| Link: | http://www.qldwarmemorials.com.au/P… |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 26th April, 1987 |
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Plaque :
R.A.A.F.
200 Liberator Special Duties Flight
Z Special Unit
Service Reconnaissance Department
Leyburn 1945
This stone stands in memory, a symbol of the strength, cohesion and endurance of all who faced the rigours and solitude of service here. For some, the glad adventure, its joy, its peril, perhaps an unknown end. For most, long unrewarding toil and often grief for those whose aims they served. All joined their several strengths and divers skills in a driving effort for the common cause.
Unveiled By
His Excellency Sir Walter Campbell Q.C.
Governor of Queensland
26th April 1987
Plaque :
In Particular We Remember The Following
R.A.A.F. Aircrews And The Undercover
Ground Operators Of "Z" Special Unit
Services Reconnaissance Department
Who Departed Leyburn And Gave Their Lives
In Borneo And Timor.
R.A.A.F
[ Names ]
"Z" Special Unit
[ Names ]
Plaque :
This Was Only A Little Unit, That Was
Thrown Into The Fight,
An Unobtrusive Name They Gave Us
We Were Called 200 Flight.
Yes, Little In Number, But Big In Heart
Were The Members Of This Mob,
And Every Man In Every Trade Did A
Fine And Noble Job.
