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: 80072

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
11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION  A.I.F.
13TH INFANTRY BRIGADE

ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE OPERATIONAL SERVICE
OF ALL BATTALION PERSONNEL IN THE DARWIN AREA
FROM FEBRUARY 1943 TO NOVEMBER, 1944 BEFORE
DEPARTING FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE IN NEW BRITAIN
DURING W.W.II. AND TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF THOSE
OF OUR COMRADES WHO DID NOT RETURN.

DONATED BY MEMBERS OF THE 11TH BATTALION
A. I. F., CITY OF PERTH REGIMENT, W.W.II.

Information current to May 2000

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