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RAAF 200 Liberator Special Duties Flight/Z Force. Combination stone and propellor memorial, unveiled by then Qld Governor, Sir Walter Campbell, a Liberator pilot, whose brother was killed in a Z Force raid on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour. Comet propeller was added later when anticipated Liberator propeller was not available.
Inscription
R.A.A.F.
200 LIBERATOR SPECIAL DUTIES FLIGHT
Z SPECIAL UNIT
SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT
LEYBURN 1945
THIS STONE STANDS IN MEMORY, A SYMBOL OF THE STRENGTH,
COHESION AND ENDURANCE OF ALL WHO FACED THE RIGOURS AND
SOLITUTUSE OF SERVICE HERE. FOR SOME, THE GLAD ADVENTURE,
ITS JOY, ITS PERIL, PERHAPS AN UNKNOWN END. FOR MOST, LONG
UNREWARDING TOIL AND OFTEN GRIED FOR THOSE WHOSE AIMS
THEY SERVED. AJOINED THEIR SEVERAL STRENGTHS AND DIVERS
SKILLS IN A DRIVING EFFORT FOR THE COMMON CAUSE.
UNVEILED BY
HIS EXCELLENCY SIR WALTER CAMPBELL Q.C.
GOVERNOR OF QUEENSLAND
26th APRIL 1987
IN PARTICULAR WE REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING
R.A.A.F. AIRCREWS AND THE UNDERCOVER
GROUND OPERATORS OF "Z" SPECIAL UNIT.
SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT
WHO DEPARTED LEYBURN AND GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN BORNEO AND TIMOR
R.A.A.F.
[11 NAMES] [10 NAMES] [11 NAMES]
"Z" SPECIAL UNIT
[5 NAMES] [4 NAMES] [5 NAMES]
(refer to photographs for list of names)
THIS WAS ONLY A LITTLE UNIT, THAT WAS
THROWN INTO THE FIGHT.
AN UNOBTRUSIVE NAME THEY GAVE US
WE WERE CALLED 200 FLIGHT.
YES, LITTLE IN NUMBER, BUT BIG IN HEART
WERE THE MEMBERS OF THIS MOB,
AND EVERY MAN IN EVERY TRADE DID A
FINE AND NOBLE JOB.
Conflicts
World War II
Memorial type
Stone/cairn/plinth
Contributions
Shirley and Trevor McIvor
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