www.monumentaustralia.org

Royal Australian Navy Ships & H.M.A.S. MelvillePrint Page Print this page

Photographs supplied by Peter F Williams

The plaque commemorates those who served on the Royal Australian Navy Ships and H.M.A.S. Melville (Shore Base) during the first air raid on Darwin on the 19th February 1942 and subsequent raids.

Location

Address:Esplanade, Bicentennial Park adjacent to Cenotaph, Darwin, 0800
State:NT
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -12.466696
Long: 130.840137
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
View Google Map

Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Actual Event Start Date:19-February-1942
Approx. Event Start Date:
Actual Event End Date:
Approx. Event End Date:
Designer:
Artist:
Monument Manufacturer:
Link:

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Wednesday 19th February, 1992
Approx. Monument Dedication Date:
Front Inscription

Royal Australian Navy 

Dedicated 19th February 1992

This plaque is dedicated to those members of the Royal Australian Navy who served in the ships listed below and HMAS Melville (Shore Base) on 19th February 1942 during the 1st Japanese air raid on Darwin and those who defended Darwin during subsequent raids.

It honours those who made the supreme sacrifice

`Lest We Forget`

(List of Ships) 

This plaque was unveiled by the Federal President of the Naval Association Cdre J. L. W. Merson RAN Rtd.


 

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: RVWM, SKP,MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au