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May-2007
18-July-2017 [Chris McLaughlin]

Photographs supplied by Chris McLaughlin

The plaque commemorates those who served with the 2nd / 8th Infantry Battalion during World War Two.

Location

Address:Esplanade, Bicentennial Park, adjacent to Cenotaph, Darwin, 0800
State:NT
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -12.466688
Long: 130.839874
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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

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Front Inscription

2 / 8 Australian Infantry Battalion
19th Brigade - 6th Division

This plaque is dedicated to the memory of all members of the Battalion who served in Libya, Greece, Crete, Defence of Darwin 8th June 1942 to 16th June 1943, and New Guinea.

This Battalion truly lived up to its motto "Nulli Secundus"

Erected and donated by Ex-members of the 2 / 8th Australian Infantry Battalion

Lest We Forget

 

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