The banner of the Scrap Iron Flotilla Association, was laid up at HMAS WATERHEN, (mine-countermeasures shore-base, Sydney), for safe keeping. The date of the loss of HMAS WATERHEN, (destroyer), during WWII, was chosen as the day to conduct the ceremony.
Australian Naval History on 30 June 2004
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