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: 80078

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.

Colour patch
2/21 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION A.I.F.
THIS RECORDS SERVICE IN DARWIN 1941 AND IN GULL FORCE
ON AMBON DECEMBER 1941 TO JANUARY 1942, AND
COMMEMORATES THOSE KILLED IN ACTION ON AMBON 1942
AND THOSE WHO DIED AS PRISONERS OF WAR ON AMBON
AND HAINAN 1942 TO 1945.

Information current to May 2000

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