War Memorials in Australia
Adelaide River Beaufighter Squadron Memorial
Place:
Adelaide River, Northern Territory, 0846
District::
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The memorial consists of a rock and small granite slab both placed in a garden surrounding a tree growing in the lawns between Memorial Drive and the war cemetery.
Plaque on rock on south side of tree
Insignia of Royal Australian Air Force
TO COMMEMORATE THOSE WHO SERVED IN
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
31 BEAUFIGHTER SQUADRON
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA
WORLD WAR II
"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
DEDICATED AUGUST, 1988
Plaque on small granite slab on north east
side of tree
Insignia of 31 Beaufighter Squadron Association
31 BEAUFIGHTER SQUADRON MEMBERS
BURIED HERE AT ADELAIDE RIVER
| LAC - N.R. BEGGS | LAC - K.B. HENRY | ||
| FLT SGT - W.B. CARTON | FLYING OFF - R.A. HOCKING | ||
| FLT LIEUT - W.J.F. COOTE | FLYING OFF - I.J. INGLE | ||
| CPL - K.H. CROUCH | PILOT OFF - T.J. JONES | ||
| LAC - K.E. DICKINSON | LAC - A.J. PITTS | ||
| FLT SGT - R.V. ELLIS | FLT SGT - K.A. SMITH | ||
| SQUADN LDR - R.L. GORDON | FLYING OFF - D.G. TAYLOR | ||
| CPL - J.R. GORTON | FLT LIEUT - A.C. THOMPSON | ||
| AC1 - B.H.T. HAMMAT | PILOT OFF - A.S. WAY | ||
| WE WILL REMEMBER THEM | |||
Information current to May 2000