Task Force, (TF), 74, including HMA Ships AUSTRALIA and SHROPSHIRE, (cruisers), ARUNTA and WARRAMUNGA, (destroyers), and US Ships AMMEN and BACHE, were ordered to furnish gun support to troops at Aitape, New Guinea.
Lt. D. R. Wilson, RANVR was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for skill, courage and devotion to duty in a successful patrol in HM submarine UNTIRING.