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: 80063

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                 THE 148th FIELD ARTILLERY,                Insignia    
IDAHO (U.S.A.)
NATIONAL GUARD

Always remembered!  Darwin Harbour, 19 February 1942, site and date
of the 148th Field Artillery Battalion's first war casualties from enemy
pattern bombing and strafing.  Returning from Timor, the battalion, part of
the "Sparrow Expeditionary Force," was aboard the M. V. Tulagi and S. S.
Port Mar when the enemy struck.

Erected in February, 1992
by the 148th F.A. World War II Veterans

Information current to May 2000

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