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The plaque commemorates the merchant seaman who bought supplies to Darwin during World War Two.

Location

Address:Esplanade, Bicentennial Park, adjacent to Cenotaph, Darwin, 0800
State:NT
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -12.466667
Long: 130.84
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Actual Event Start Date:
Approx. Event Start Date:1942
Actual Event End Date:
Approx. Event End Date:1945
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Dedication

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Front Inscription

Australian, British and Allied Merchant Navy

This plaque is dedicated to those Merchant Seamen who brought supplies to Darwin 1942 - 45

Particularly those who were in the area during the first Japanese air raid 19. 2. 42 in the ships listed below 

Admiral Halsted      Barossa         Mauna Loa      Neptuna

Benjamin Franklin   Don Isidro       Meios            Port Mar Zealandis

British Motorist        Florence D    Manonda        Tulagi

 

 

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