The memorial is a large boulder, set in parkland and surrounded by steel posts, chains and concrete kerbing. On the south side of the boulder are three plaques.

Westernmost plaque
RAAF WIRELESS UNITS
No. 2 WIRELESS UNIT, COMMANDED BY F/LT. ALAN L. WALBRIDGE
ARRIVED AT COOMALIE ON NOVEMBER 6, 1943 AND UNTIL THE
CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES INTERCEPTED JAPANESE NAVAL AIR
MESSAGES SENT THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH WEST AND
SOUTHERN CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN AREAS.

No. 3 WIRELESS UNIT, COMMANDED BY F/LT. L.A. DEAN,
ARRIVED ON JANUARY 19, 1944 AND INTERCEPTED JAPANESE ARMY
AIR MESSAGES IN THE SAME AREAS.

GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S FORCES LANDING AT LEYTE,
THE PHILIPPINES, ON OCTOBER 20, 1944 WAS MONITORED BY
THESE UNITS AT COOMALLIE.
PRESIDENT: KEITH R. FALCONER.           SECRETARY: HAROLD E. JONES
ERECTED BY
THE HON. ROY WARD OAM, FIBA, IOM, JP
AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS 1939-45 COMRADES
UNVEILED BY
PRESIDENT TIM BALDWIN
NOVEMBER 6, 1993.

Centre plaque
DOUGLAS MacARTHUR
1880 - 1964
SUPREME COMMANDER, ALLIED FORCES IN THE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC 1942-45

GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR
ACTING ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT,
LEFT THE PHILIPPINES ON 12 MARCH 1942 FOR AUSTRALIA.
AFTER A PERILOUS 4000 KM JOURNEY BY BOAT AND AIRCRAFT
THROUGH ENEMY CONTROLLED TERRITORY,
MacARTHUR'S PARTY LANDED AT BATCHELOR AIRSTRIP
ON 17 MARCH 1942.
MacARTHUR CONTINUED HIS JOURNEY TO THE SOUTHERN CAPITALS
AND ESTABLISHED HIS HEADQUARTERS IN BRISBANE.
THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED BY
SAM CALDER O.B.E., D.F.C., J.P.,
PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
OF THE N.T. (INC.)           ON 1 MARCH 1992.

Easternmost plaque
Insignia of Battle of Australia     This plaque was        Insignia of Coomalie Community
 50th Anniversary              erected on                  Government Council
1 March 1992         

By the people of the Coomalie Community

TO COMMEMORATE
The men and women who served in the Coomalie area,
in the defence of the Timor and Northern Australian
regions during World War II
For the hardships they faced, their endurance,
courage and bravery, we thank them
                                          Unveiled by: ROBERT E. BRIGHT
                                               President: COOMALIE COMMUNITY
                                                                    GOVERNMENT COUNCIL

Small plaque on south east corner of concrete kerbing
THE BATTLE OF AUSTRALIA
IN MEMORY OF
LAC WALTER FRANKE
WHO SERVED WITH
31 SQN. RAAF
IN THIS AREA DURING WWII

Information current to May 2000

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