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About 150 people attended a commemoration ceremony yesterday for the 79th anniversary of the Bombing of Katherine. Picture: Katherine Town Council

Bombing of Darwin

Bombing of Katherine commemorated 79 years on

SEVENTY-NINE years ago on Monday, about 90 bombs rained down on Katherine as nine Japanese aircraft bombed the then-tiny Top End town in a shock raid

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DARWIN, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 19, 2021: An ADF Digger during the Bombing of Darwin commemoration of the 79th Anniversary of the raid on the city by the Japanese on the 19th of February 1942.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

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RSL Australia drives $6m national grant program

VETERANS struggling to find work in the Northern Territory will benefit from a $6m veterans employment program

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ADF during the commemorations of the 79th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin on the 19th of February 1942Picture Glenn Campbell

Bombing of Darwin

Thousands commemorate Bombing of Darwin 79 years on

WITH the roar of fighter jets, the crack of machine gun fire and plumes of smoke filling the air, several thousand people yesterday had a taste of what it must have been like when the first Japanese bombs fell on Darwin – and war first came to Australia – on February 19, 1942.

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Darwin gathers for the ANZAC Day dawn service at the cenotaph.Pic Glenn Campbell

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Bombing of Darwin

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

Bombing of Darwin

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

’Got to let bygones be bygones’

Nearly 75 years on from the Bombing of Darwin, former infantryman Alan Godfrey is happy to leave old fears and hatreds in the past

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19 February 1942. The death of the Australian coastal traders Neptuna (hidden in smoke) and Zeelandia (right). Japanese bombing in Darwin. WWII - World War II - Australia - Air raids - 1942-1943.

Bombing of Darwin changed Territory forever

It was the moment World War II came to our shores and changed the Northern Territory and Australia forever

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