CDRE J. A. Collins. CB, RAN, was appointed to command His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. His Flagship was HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser).
HMAS WARREGO, (sloop), completed the survey of Wewak, New Guinea.
The Australian Government announced that five ‘Q’ class destroyers had been presented to the RAN by Great Britain. The ‘gift’ ships were:- QUADRANT, QUALITY, QUEENBOROUGH, QUIBERON, and QUICKMATCH.