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: 80052

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
IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE AND ALL WHO SERVED IN KEEPING THE
"BLACK CATS" FLYING FROM BASES AT DARWIN,
MELVILLE BAY, AND NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ON
STRIKES DEEP INTO ENEMY HELD TERRITORY

LEST WE FORGET

ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE R.A.A.F.
CATALINA FLYING BOAT SQUADRONS AND
AIR SEA RESCUE UNITS, WORLD WAR II

DEDICATED FEBRUARY 1992

Information current to May 2000

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