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: 80073

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 of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
16 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION  (A.I.F.)
13 INFANTRY BRIGADE

ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE
OF BATTALION PERSONNEL IN THE DARWIN AREA 1943 - 1944
AND THE NEW BRITAIN CAMPAIGN 1944 - 1945.
PRESENTED BY THE XVl BATTALION THE CAMERON
HIGHLANDERS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION.
Insignia
"LEST WE FORGET"

Information current to May 2000

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