Came across this website while surfing the net this morning The Japanese bombing of Darwin and northern Australia - Australia's Culture Portal
I took a photo of this plaque at the memorial when I was in Darwin in February. The memorial has a plaque there for every unit/formation that participated there during the war. Also my dad's battalion went there to defend Darwin when they came back from the Middle East. (Dad was blown up at Tobruk so he was in Melbourne recuperating) View attachment 2167 View attachment 2168 The troops were strategically placed at intervals south of Darwin for the 100kms to Adelaide River. They also had runways on the side of the highway every 10kms or so. This enabled aircraft squadrons to pull back if the Japanese invaded and have somewhere to land. The airstrips were named Coomalie, Batchelor, Hughes, Strauss, Sattler to name a few. View attachment 2169
