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The Territory remembers 75 years, commemorating the bombing of Darwin and defence of Northern Australia

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The Territory remembers 75 years

commemorating the bombing of Darwin and defence of Northern Australia

The Territory Remembers is a program of activities commemorating the the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin and World War II wartime events with a connection to the Northern Territory. This commemorative book provides a contribution to this wartime history of the Northern Territory through photographs, some depicting the devastation of war brought to Northern Australia, while others capture how life was for so many during this time

List of contributors: Kevin Agnew, John (Jack) McNeil Agnew, Sgt 14 HY A/A BTY, NX160601 -- Ron Baker, Ralph Woollet Baker -- Baldock Family, Dave and Ima Baldock -- May Barclay -- Clinton Bock, 31 Squadron, 1 PRU, 87 Squadron, William Sheck Jnr (380th Bomb Group Assoc), Kenneth Ingham 118674, (1 Sqn RAAF), Ian Madden (Historian 31 Sqn RAAF), William Maurice Jones TX10758, 281st L.A.D., 12th Infantry Brigade -- Byrne Collection, Stuart Reginald Byrne -- Cawood Family, Lindsay Max Taylor, 154077 -- Norm Cramp -- Jenny Deveraux, Angus Kerr, Private, 2/4 Pioneer Battalion, VX87424 -- Molly Finney, Douglas Francis Finney, Field Ambulance Officer CM F7MD ; LS 2 New Guinea Infantry Brigade, NX133612 -- Suzanne Gray, John Ian Fitzpatrick, 9th Div. Ammo Sub Parl; 2/8 Aust Coy AASC, SX 10820 -- Tom Lewis -- Mason Gallery, Stanley Rowland Cox, Private, 16th Aust Infantry Battalion, WX30187 -- Joan Matthews, Harold Philip Reed, Civil Construction Corp -- Sheena Moore, Douglas Anthony McEwan Carroll, DX130, Darwin Mobile Force -- Rosemary Anne O-Reilly-Martinez, Alfred Gray, signal man posted to Darwin -- Geoff Purdey, Reg Morley, Private NX45037, 149th Australian Transport Company, Workshop Platoon, Alice Springs 1942, L.G. Owen (service details unknown), Chas Wales, VX12470, Darwin Overland Military Forces: Central Australian Motor Transport Coy; 3rd AGT Coy; 148th AGTC -- Greg Rowland, Frank Rowland, 1RD RAAF, 141451 -- Bob Shewring, Robert (Bob) Shewring Snr VX10182, Darwin Defenders -- Christine Stickley, Warren Stickley, NX170949 -- David Walker, William David Anthony Walker, N272790 -- Max Williams, Max Williams, CPL, Photographer, RAAF 87 Squadron (MAAA Inc.) ; Special thanks to Mosquito Aircraft Association of Australia Inc

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Territory remembers seventy-five years, commemorating the bombing of Darwin and defence of Northern Australia