On Friday 19 Feb 2016,
I attended the Bombing of Darwin Commemoration.
Seventy-four years ago, on 19 Feb 1942, during World War II,
Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia)
first came under attack by Japanese aircraft, in two air-raids,
which badly damaged the town and the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) base,
taking many lives.
At 9.58am the air-raid siren was sounded, as it had done on that first occasion,
and a re-enactment of the return of fire from guns near the cenotaph (above) ensued,
as part of the ceremony to mark that tragic event.
May all those who perished, Rest in Peace.
text (c) Katherine Stuart 2016
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