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: 80057

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.

U.S.S. PEARY DD 226
COMMISSIONED OCT. 22. 1920
AT WILLIAM CRAMP AND SON SHIPYARD
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA U.S.A.

SUNK BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA  FEB. 19. 1942

DEDICATED TO THOSE
SHIPMATES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

DONATED BY DALLIS E. WIDICK U.S.N.
JOHN H. PATTERSON U.S.N.R.

Information current to May 2000

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