Place: Darwin, Northern Territory, 0800
District: Darwin-Daly
Orientation: Territory capital
Location: Adjacent to Darwin Cenotaph, Bicentennial Park, off Esplanade between Herbert Street and Knuckey Street
Position: 12 28 00 S     130 50 39 E
Ref: 80049

The plaque is one of a series commemorating various units who served in Darwin during World War II. They are set at ground level next to a fence overlooking the harbour and in close proximity to Darwin Cenotaph.

DARWIN INFANTRY BATTALION

19TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION (AIF)
FORTITER EST FIDELITER

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF ALL BATTALION
PERSONNEL WHO FAITHFULLY CARRIED OUT
THEIR DUTIES DURING THE MANY ATTACKS
ON DARWIN FROM 19TH FEBRUARY 1942

THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED BY
THE DIB - 19TH AUST. INF. BN. (AIF) ASSOCIATION
AND THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
LEST WE FORGET
19-2-92

Information current to May 2000

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