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The plaque commemorates the members of the 2nd / 40th Infantry Battalion who died in service or were killed in action in Timor in 1942 during World War Two.

The 2nd / 40th Infantry Battalion was the only battalion in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) recruited almost entirely from Tasmania. After months of training at Brighton Army Camp, it joined a detachment called Sparrow Force, sent on an impossible mission to defend the island of Timor from imminent Japanese invasion.

 

Location

Address:Bathurst & Paterson Streets, Royal Park, Launceston, 7250
State:TAS
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -41.438836
Long: 147.132904
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Actual Event Start Date:03-September-1939
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Actual Event End Date:15-August-1945
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 23rd February, 1992
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Front Inscription

A living memory to our fallen comrades

2 / 40 Btn. A.I.F.

Timor 1942

Dedicated 23rd Feb 1992

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA
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