Coastwatcher SBLT Rev W. G. G. Wiedemann, RANVR, enlisted direct into the service from his Victorian parish, to provide on-the-spot information for the planned Allied landing at Cape Gloucester. Wiedemann ...
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Australian Naval History on 20 October 1943
The Fremantle-based US Ships KINGFISH and CABRILLA, (submarines), were deployed on missions in Philippine waters. KINGFISH landed British Coastwatchers and their equipment in Borneo, laid a minefield off the Celebes, ...
Australian Naval History on 19 October 1943
The commando ship KRAIT arrived back at Exmouth Gulf, WA, after the raid on Singapore, (Operation Jaywick). ...
Australian Naval History on 11 October 1943
LEUT H. E. Carse. RANVR, recorded in KRAIT’s log that on the passage through Lombok Strait, after the successful commando raid on Singapore Harbour, (Operation Jaywick), a modern Japanese destroyer ...
Australian Naval History on 8 October 1943
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS COWRA, (A/LCDR W. J. Gilles, RANR), was commissioned. COWRA was laid down in Poole & Steel Yard, Sydney, on 12 August 1942, and launched ...
Australian Naval History on 5 October 1943
The tanker ANNA KNUDSEN, was torpedoed by a submarine of the German Monsoon Group, in the Indian Ocean. HMAS TAMWORTH, (corvette), towed the damaged vessel to Aden. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 October 1943
HMAS PARKES, (minesweeper), was launched at Evans Deakin, QLD. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 October 1943
The RAN comprised 324 vessels, ranging from 4 cruisers, to 44 miscellaneous craft. Of this number, 19, (six destroyers and 13 minesweepers), were serving overseas with the Eastern Fleet. The ...
Australian Naval History on 1 October 1943
The repair ship/works ship/store-carrier HMAS WHANG PU, was commissioned. WHANG PU was laid down in Hong Kong for the China Navigation Co Ltd, in 1920. The vessel was a former ...
Australian Naval History on 28 September 1943
The Fremantle based USS CISCO, (submarine), was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Mindanao. Six parties of Coastwatchers were landed on New Britain by USS GROUPER, (submarine), to prepare for an ...