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70th Australian Mobile Searchlight Battery Print Page 
May-2013
Photographs supplied by Peter F Williams
The plaque commemorates those who served in the 70th Australian Mobile Searchlight Battery in the Darwin area from 1942 to 1945.
Location
| Address: | Alec Fong Lim Drive, Darwin Military Museum , East Point, 0820 |
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| State: | NT |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -12.407644 Long: 130.819786 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 1942 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 1945 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1992 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAThis plaque is dedicated to those who served with the 70th Australian Mobile Searchlight Battery in the Darwin area
1942 - 1945
Headquarted at Berrimah the unit manned twelve sections in the Darwin area using english radar - controlled 800 - million candlepower searchlights.
The Battery was credited with four half-kills of downed enemy aircraft
Dedicated 1992
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
