Charters Towers Aerodrome USA Memorial Stone
Hewitt and Prior Streets
Charters Towers RSL
139km west of Townsville
(Flinders and Gregory Highways)
Richmond Hill QLD 4820
A large stone memorial rests on a square concrete foundation. A black metal plaque is inserted to the top.
- Inscription
CHARTERS TOWERS CITY COUNCIL
THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO THE 15,000 MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
WHO SERVED IN THE CHARTERS TOWERS DISTRICT
DURING WORLD WAR II AND WAS UNVEILED BY
HIS EXCELLENCY MR JAMES W HARGROVE,
AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
ON
19TH JUNE 1976.
- Conflicts commemorated
- Second World War, 1939–1945
- Memorial type
- Stone/cairn/plinth
- Recorded by
- Shirley and Trevor McIvor
- Date recorded
- 2 March 2009
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