Able Seaman Kenneth McIntyre, RAN on watch at the Oerlikon gun aboard HMAS Nepal (I), Pacific Ocean

• About HMAS Nepal (l)

  HMAS Nepal was one of eight N Class destroyers laid down in British yards during 1939 to the order of the Royal Navy. Five (Napier, Nestor, Nepal, Nizam and Norman) were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy. Nepal carried out a variety of activities during the war such as convoy protection duty and general Fleet duties.

More reading

• Additional resources for John GoodchildUnknown
  • Private John Charles Goodchild, Australian War Memorial (awm.gov.au)
  • John C. Goodchild, Wikipedia
• Additional resources for HMAS Nepal (l)
  • HMAS Nepal, The Sea Power Centre (navy.gov.au)