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: 80051

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.

Insignia
2/1/ AUSTRALIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT REGIMENT A.I.F.

2ND BATTERY OF THE ABOVE REGIMENT MANNED A.A. GUNS
IN DARWIN JULY - DECEMBER 1940 AND ALSO INSTALLED
FOUR 3.7" A.A. GUNS ON THIS SITE IN NOVEMBER 1940.

RECALLED FROM THE MIDDLE EAST 2/1 AUST. A.A. REGT.
LESS 3RD BTY.WHICH PROCEEDED TO PORT MORESBY N.G.
RETURNED TO THE DARWIN AREA IN MARCH 1942
AND MANNED BOFORS 40mm A.A. GUNS AT AERODROMES
AND AIR STRIPS UNTIL AIR RAIDS CEASED IN 1943.
THE REGIMENT THEN SERVED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
AND BORNEO.

THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PROVIDED BY
2/1 AUST. A.A. REGT. ASSOCIATION.

Information current to May 2000

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