UN operations in Korea commenced. HMA Ships ANZAC, ARUNTA, BATAAN, CONDAMINE, CULGOA, MURCHISON, SHOALHAVEN, SYDNEY, TOBRUK, and WARRAMUNGA, operated with the Commonwealth Task Force. ...
HMAS Bataan
Australian Naval History on 29 June 1950
The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, announced that HMA Ships BATAAN, (destroyer), and SHOALHAVEN, (frigate), operating in far eastern waters, had been placed at the disposal of the ...
Australian Naval History on 21 March 1946
HMAS Bataan takes civilians to sea – a first for the RAN. It was for fundraising and civilians hato subscribe to the Commonwealth Security Loan to obtain a berth. The ...
Australian Naval History on 2 September 1945
The formal surrender of Japan was signed on the USS MISSOURI, (battleship), in Tokyo Bay. The RAN was represented by CDRE J. A. Collins, CB, and HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE, HOBART, ...
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 ...