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The Adelaide River War Cemetery established in 1942, serves as the last resting place for service men and women who lost their lives in northern Australia as a result of World War II . It is one of the larger Australian War Cemeteries, and portrays the scale, intensity and human sacrifice of Australian and Commonwealth personnel in the north of ...
Adelaide River has a small primary school, Adelaide River School, with 42 enrolments (as of August 2010). [35] The school was established in 1950 and moved to is current site, 100 m from the Adelaide River itself, in 1956. A building housing the administration office and library was added along with a canteen for students in 1994.
Australia entered World War II on 3 September 1939, following the government's acceptance of the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany. Australia later entered into a state of war with other members of the Axis powers, including the Kingdom of Italy on 11 June 1940, [1] and the Empire of Japan on 9 December 1941. [2]
World War II: Port Philip Bay, Australia: 20 November 1940 lost [14] 21 HMAS Kuttabul: Torpedoed by Japanese submarine World War II: Sydney Harbour: 1 June 1942 lost [15] 14 HMAS Australia: Invasion of Lingayen Gulf - Kamikaze attack World War II: Lingayen Gulf, Philippines: 6 January 1945 damaged [16] 13 HMAS Hobart: torpodoed by Japanese ...
Pell Airfield was an airfield in the Northern Territory of Australia located southeast of Batchelor Airfield near the Stuart Highway in what is now the locality of Adelaide River and which was in use during World War II. [1]
Over 27,000 Australians were killed and 23,000 wounded in action during World War II. In addition, hundreds more servicemen and women were killed and injured in accidents during the war. An Australian soldier, Private George "Dick" Whittington, is aided by Papuan orderly Raphael Oimbari, near Buna on 25 December 1942.
Fifty four Axis surface raiders and submarines (both German and Japanese) carried out these attacks, sinking 53 merchant ships and three warships within the Australia Station, resulting in the deaths of over 1,751 Allied military personnel, sailors and civilians. A further 88 civilians were killed in air raids.
The river descends 151 metres (495 ft) over its 238-kilometre (148 mi) course. [1] The catchment area of the river is 7,640 square kilometres (2,950 sq mi). [2] The Adelaide River is crossed by both the Stuart Highway, adjacent to the township of Adelaide River, and the Arnhem Highway near Humpty Doo.