HMAS QUIBERON, (destroyer), encountered a typhoon near Guam, while en-route from Sasebo, Japan, to Manus Island, New Guinea. As well as the crew, there were 60 Australian soldiers and airmen onboard. The soldiers were returning to Australia from occupation duties in Japan, and the RAAF personnel were gaining sea experience before transferring to the newly created RAN Fleet Air Arm.
Australian Naval History on 7 July 1948
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