The plaque was dedicated at the site of the 14th and 2nd Anti-Aircraft Batteries guns which fired on the Japanese when they attacked Darwin on the 19th February 1942. The plaque was erected by the people of Darwin and dedicated on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin in 1942. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The plaque reads: Site of Number One gun of the Australian 14th Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery base at what was known as the Oval. The guns of the Australian 14th and 2nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Batteries were the first army units to engage enemy forces attacking the Australian mainland when on 19th February 1942, 242 Japanese aircraft bombed and strafed Darwin township and its defences in two raids. The Japanese attacked Darwin and the Top End on 64 occasions from 19th February 1942 to 12th November 1943. Dedicated by the citizens of Darwin 18th February 2002 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 14 Heavy Anti aircraft Battery was formed on 30 October 1940 in Sydney. 2 Anti aircraft Cadre was absorbed by 14 Anti aircraft Battery in September 1941. The Unit travelled to Darwin on the Zealandia in December 1940. They established the gun sites at Berrimah; McMillan's and Quarantine. This Unit was the first to fire on Japanese aircraft on Australian soil. They had two 20 hundredweight heavy anti aircraft guns at Elliot Point; four 3.7 inch guns at the Oval and another four at McMillan's and Fannie Bay. The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. On that day, 242 Japanese aircraft, in two separate raids, attacked the town, ships in Darwin's harbour and the town's two airfields in an attempt to prevent the Allies from using them as bases to contest the invasion of Timor and Java during World War II. Darwin was lightly defended relative to the size of the attack, and the Japanese inflicted heavy losses upon Allied forces at little cost to themselves. The urban areas of Darwin also suffered some damage from the raids and there were a number of civilian casualties. More than half of Darwin's civilian population left the area permanently, before or immediately after the attack. The two Japanese air raids were the first, and largest, of more than 100 air raids against Australia during 1942–43. More bombs were dropped on Darwin (681 bombs weighing 114,100 kilograms (251,500 lb) by 205 bombers) than on Pearl Harbor (457 bombs [including 40 torpedoes]) weighing 133,560 kilograms (294,450 lb) by 273). Dont forget to subscribe to the Drone Kings in Darwin just by clicking on this link. http://bit.ly/DroneKingsinDarwin This family friendly ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV9QlRBf0Zw

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