On the 10th of May 1943, whilst on a return voyage from Thursday Island to Darwin, Maroubra was strafed by a fleet of nine Imperial Japanese Navy Mitsubishi Zero fighters conducting a raid on the Allied airstrip on Milingimbi Island. Maroubra caught fire and the vessel was abandoned, eventually becoming stranded on the beach north-east of the Milingimbi Mission.
Australian Naval History on 10 May 1943
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