War Memorials in Australia
Cloncurry Aerodrome Memorial
Place:
Cloncurry, Queensland, 4824
District:
Northwest
Orientation:
Location: Cloncurry Aerodrome
Position:
Ref: 40246
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The memorial is a boulder.
? face
Bronze plaque
THIS MONUMENT
WAS ERECTED ON SATURDAY 16TH MAY, 1992
TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA AND
ACKNOWLEDGES THE PRESENCE OF THOUSANDS
OF U.S. DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL WHO
WERE STATIONED AT THIS AERODROME
DURING WORLD WAR II AND TOOK PART IN THAT BATTLE.
Bronze plaque below
OFFICIALLY UNVEILED BY
REV. DR. DAVID HARVEY SUTTON
Information current to September 2004
Sources: The information and photograph on this page have been kindly provided by Peter Fox