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70th Commemoration Bombing of Darwin - Waterside Workers & Seafarers Print Page 
The monument, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin, is in memory of the 23 waterside workers and 48 seafarers who died on the 19th February 1942.
The bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942 was both the first and the largest single attack mounted by a foreign power against Australia. On this day, 242 Japanese aircraft attacked ships in Darwin's harbour and the town's two airfields in an attempt to prevent the Allies from using them as bases to contest the invasions of Timor and Java. 252 Allied service personnel and civilians were killed although some believe that the toll was much higher.
Location
| Address: | Stokes Hill Road, Stokes Hill Wharf , Darwin, 0800 |
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| State: | NT |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -12.470643 Long: 130.84908 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 19-February-1942 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 19-February-1942 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 19th February, 2012 |
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United in struggle
Unitied in sacrifice
Annually, the families of the deceased, as well as wharfies and seafarers, meet here to pay their respects and to remember the workers who were killed when the wharf was bombed on 19 February 1942.
We will never forget the sacrifice waterside workers and their families have made for Australia. We will never forget the hundreds of merchant seamen who lost their lives working on the ships destroyed by mines, torpedoes, shelling and bombing while carrying cargo and troops for our country.
Plaque :
In remembrance of waterside workers, seafarers and others who died as a result of the Japanese bombing raid on Darwin Harbour on 19 February, 1942
Everlasting peace
Plaque :
Bombing of Darwin
19th February 1942
70th commemoration 2012
The 23 known Waterside Workers who lost their lives as a consequence of the two bombing raids
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Bombing of Darwin
19th February 1942
70th commemoration 2012
The 48 known Seafarers who lost their lives as a consequence of the two bombing raids
Neptuna
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Zealandia
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HMAHS Manunda
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British Motorist
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Portmar
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