 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutungamirira kusvika pakupinda kweJapan muJavaMauto evatakuri vengarava 242 uye ndege dzomunyika dzakarwisa Darwin musi wa19 February 1942. Panguva iyoyo Darwin yakanga iri nzvimbo inokosha nokuda kwezvikepe zvehondo zveAllied uye nzvimbo yokumira nokuda kwokutumira zvinhu uye kusimbiswa muNEI. Kurwisa kweJapan kwakabudirira, uye kwakaguma nekufa kwevashandi vehondo 235 uye vanhuwo zvavo, vazhinji vacho vaive vasiri veAustralia Allied seamen, uye kukuvara kwakanyanya kuRAAF Base Darwin uye zvivakwa zvengarava zveguta. 