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The plaque commemorates departed comrades who served with the 2nd / 1st Australian Infantry Battalion during World War Two.
Location
Address: | Kennedy Highway, Rocky Creek Memorial Park, Rocky Creek, 4882 |
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State: | QLD |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -17.182329 Long: 145.454925 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Plaque |
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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.rockycreek.com.au |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 11th August, 2002 |
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2 / 1st Australian Infantry Battalion
"Primus Agat Primus"
North Africa 1940/41 Kokoda Track
Middle East 1941 Eora Ck -
Bardia Templetons Crossing
Capture of Tobruk Oivi-Gorari
Greece Buna-Gona
Mt Olympus Sanananda Road
Brallo`s Pass Nambut Ridge
Crete -Retimo But Dagua
Hawain River
16th Brigade
6 Div.
1939 - 1945
South West Pacific 1942 -45
Liberation of Australian New Guinea
"We Shall Remember Retimo"
In memory of departed comrades
who served with the
2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion
"Lest We Forget"
Dedicated 2002