The services reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS MOTHER SNAKE, (LEUT R. T. Patterson, RAN), was commissioned. ...
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Australian Naval History on 28 June 1945
The British Pacific Fleet, under second in command VADM Rawlings, sailed from Sydney for operations against the Japanese home islands. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 June 1945
HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE and HOBART, (cruisers), bombarded Japanese positions at Klandasan in preparation for the landing at Balikpapan. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 June 1945
The Tribal class destroyer HMAS BATAAN, (CMDR H. M. Burrell, RAN), was commissioned. BATAAN, (as KURNAI), was laid down at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 18 February 1942, and launched ...
Australian Naval History on 25 June 1945
TG74.1, HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE, HOBART, and ARUNTA, and US Ships HART and METCALF, concentrated at Tawitawi for the assault on Balikpapan. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1945
The Fremantle-based USS HARDHEAD, (submarine), sank the Japanese ships No.833, (shuttle boat), and Nos. 113 and 117, (submarine chasers), in the Java Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 June 1945
HMAS ARUNTA, (destroyer), landed troops at Miri Lutong. HMA Ships DUBBO, KIAMA, and LITHGOW, (minesweepers), shelled Japanese positions on Bougainville. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 June 1945
LEUT E. M. Howitt, RANVR, was awarded the US Legion of Merit for services in the Philippines, while on loan and serving with US patrol boats. With his knowledge of ...
Australian Naval History on 19 June 1945
SBA Alec Hill was executed by the Japanese after being a POW since February 1945. SBA Hill was from HMAS Manoora which had arrived at Morotai in January 1945 and ...
Australian Naval History on 18 June 1945
HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser), bombarded Japanese positions on Labuan Island. ...