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On This Day - 1944
- May 3, 1944
In the period 24 April to 3 May, HMAS VENDETTA, (destroyer), transported 1937 soldiers, and 90 tons of stores, in support of the Australian advance from Langemark to Madang, New Guinea.
- May 1, 1944
Thirty-six US submarines were operating from Fremantle. Six more were based sporadically at Brisbane.
- April 27, 1944
The Brisbane-based USS BLUEGILL, (submarine), sank the Japanese cruiser YUBARI in the Sonsorol Islands.
- April 26, 1944
HMAS BUNDABERG, (minesweeper), attacked Japanese positions on Sek Island, (off Madang). All the ship’s armament was used in the attack. A landing party made up of soldiers, and some of the ship’s company, then landed and captured the island.
- April 25, 1944
HMA Ships VENDETTA, (destroyer), and BUNDABERG, (corvette), provided close support to troops in the capture of Madang, New Guinea.
- April 22, 1944
HMA Ships AUSTRALIA, SHROPSHIRE, ARUNTA, and WARRAMUNGA provided covering fire for the landing of troops from the Australian landing ships WESTRALIA, MANOORA, and KANIMBLA, at Humboldt Bay, near Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea.
- April 21, 1944
ADML Somerville signalled the British Admiralty after the successful attack on Sabang; ‘We caught the Japs with their kimonos up and their heads down and gave Sabang a good bang’. Six Australian ships participated in Operation Cockpit.
- April 19, 1944
HMA Ships NAPIER, NEPAL, NIZAM, QUICKMATCH, and QUIBERON, (destroyers), operated as part of the British Pacific Fleet in the attack on Sabang, (Operation Cockpit), by carrier-borne aircraft.
- April 16, 1944
The Fremantle-based USS REDFIN, (submarine), sank the Japanese transport KAMAGATA MARU in the South China Sea.
- April 15, 1944
The Fremantle-based USS REDFIN, (submarine), sank the Japanese transport SHINYU MARU, in the South China Sea.