Z Force Memorial
This plaque commemorates the successful raid on shipping in Townsville Harbour. It carries a Z Force dagger symbol and an etching of two men in a dinghy attaching a limpet mine to the side of a ship tied to a post.
- Inscription
To commemorate the successful raid on shipping in Townsville Harbour and the open roadstead and as a tribute to the courage and audacity of these members of Z Special Unit. June 1943.
(10 names are listed who later landed near Victoria Bridge)
- Conflicts commemorated
- Second World War, 1939–1945
- Memorial type
- Plaque
- Additional information
This plaque presented to the Maritime Museum, Townsville, by local Salvador Raoul Guides - dedicated 22 April 1992.
- Recorded by
- Shirley and Trevor McIvor
- Date recorded
- 24 March 2009
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