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Bombing Of Darwin

Surviving Bombing of Darwin veteran 101-year-old Brian Winspear is in Darwin for the 80th anniversary.Picture: Glenn Campbell

‘Saddened’: Last surviving Bombing of Darwin veteran reflects

WWII veteran Brian Winspear was just 20 when Darwin was bombed but he remembers the terrifying day vividly. The centenarian shares his memories … and his love for Lexus cars.

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A window into our past: Historic Bombing of Darwin photos

The Bombing of Darwin was 81 years ago but several historic photos offer a glimpse of the past. See the pictures here.

Royal Australian Artillery 8th/12th Regiment GNR Mia Johns will be participating in the 81st Bombing of Darwin commemoration. Picture: Sierra Haigh

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What to expect from Darwin’s most ‘sombre’ day

Top End regiments of the Australian Defence Force are set to simulate a ‘sombre’ attack on the city during the 81st Bombing of Darwin commemoration. Watch the dress rehearsal here.

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ADF Catafalq party during the 80th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin at Darwins Esplanade.Picture: Glenn Campbell

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‘Something we must remember’: Bombing of Darwin services

Several events across the Top End will commemorate the 81st anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin. Find out how you can take part here.

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Greg Corr's father was in the Post Office when the first bombs hit in the bombing of Darwin. Plaques have been put on a civilian memorial wall on the Esplanade in their honour.

10 workmates killed at Post Office

RICHARD Corr was just going about his day-to-day duties in the Darwin Post Office when the first bombs fell on February 19, 1942

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Kai Humbles (4) found an oxygen tank from a B17 Bomber on Lee Point Beach.

‘We thought it was a bomb’

HANNAH Seaman and her son Kai were on a hunt for seashells when they spotted this historic artefact at Lee Point Beach

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Wendy James remembers evacuating Darwin at age six before war came to Australian soil on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. Sunday marks the 75th anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Darwin. (AAP Image/Lucy Hughes Jones) NO ARCHIVING

Cop ‘threatened to carry mum away’

DARWIN resident Wendy James was six years old when a military policeman threatened to carry her mother over his shoulder when she refused to evacuate before war came to Australia

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Alan Day Bombing of Darwin Veteran. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Bombing veteran recalls Darwin experience

“IT was an extremely hot place.” At 95, Alan Day proves himself to still be a master of understatement as he peers back three quarters of a century, to his life as a medical orderly in the Top End

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Actual photographs of the Darwin Harbour and the USS Peary up in smoke after the Japanese army bombed Darwin on February 19, 1942. Circa: No date.

Darwin bombing raids number ‘much higher’

STARTLING new research has found that the number of air raids on Darwin and the Top End is much higher than history has recorded it

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FEBRUARY 19, 1942 : Painting depicting the Japanese bombing of Darwin 19/02/42. Naked anti-aircraft gunner Wilbert Hudson can be seen blazing away at the enemy with his gun resting on the shoulder of his ammunition man Tex Campbell. The artist and date of the painting were not supplied. Art Australian Armed Forces / Army / Japan / Air Force Northern Territory Historical

Legend of the naked gunner

BULLETS sliced the air around Wilbert “Darky” Hudson as he stood in the middle of the battlefield – far more exposed than his fully clothed comrades.

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February 1942. First air raid on Darwin. USS PEary, a destroyer, exploded and sank. This dramatic photograph was taken by Signalman Douglas Fraser from HMAS Deloraine. HMAS Katoomba is in the floating dock and the hospital ship Manunda at right. Bombing. WWII - World War II - Australia - Air raids - 1942-1943. Neg: O-BC431

Lest we forget NT’s darkest hour

HELL rained down upon Darwin on February 19, 1942, and those still alive to remember the horror are preparing to make the pilgrimage back to ground zero

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1942. Air raid damage in Darwin. Bombing. WWII - World War II - Australia - Air raids - 1942-1943.

The NT at war: the civilian impact

FOR civilians in the Territory in World War II, it was a time of unrelenting hardship and tough work

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1942. This was a bedroom before it was hit by a bomb during a recent Japanese raid on Darwin. Bombing. WWII - World War II - Australia - Air raids - 1942-1943.

‘Shrapnel fell from sky like rain’

Barry Greenwood will never forget the sounds of bombs falling on Darwin

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Pte F. Conlin of Sydney, Driver J. Hankin of Sydney, and Sergeant Babb of Balgownie are holding parts of Japanese bombs dropped during the raid on Darwin. WWII - World War II - Australia - Air raids - 1942-1943.

Bombing of Darwin boosted resolve to fight on

The Bombing of Darwin brought World War II to Australian shores, but it also rallied a nation and strengthened its resolve to never surrender

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