By Max Thomson HMAS PERTH survivors were the subject of a special request tabled to authorities when Changi prisoners of war were released in Singapore following Japan’s surrender in 1945. ...
HMAS Hawkesbury I
The “Lighter” Side of the War at Sea
Germany’s Surrender 60 years ago – Admiralty Signal
A lifetime onwards, Navy men and women reflected inevitably during the month of May 2005 as to where they actually were when the German surrender brought about cessation of WWII ...
HMAS Hawkesbury and Singapore POWs return
With the unveiling by CDF General Cosgrove at Ballarat on 6 February 2004 of the memorial dedicated to 35,000 Australians who became prisoners-of-war in all conflicts, journalist and Navy veteran ...
Missing were the usherettes and the popcorn
Letters: Beattie of the St Nazaire raid
A small point that may be of interest to your readers (St Nazaire – The Greatest Commando Raid of WW II) is that Lieutenant Commander (as he then was) Beattie ...
Letter: The Day It Rained Metal At Manus
What flag was that?
Amid the saga of events in Jakarta over recent times, the red over white horizontal halves of the flag of the Republic of Indonesia have figured in high prominence. Displayed ...
HMAS Hawkesbury – The Pathos of Palawan
Spectrum of Command -RANVR, RANR(S) and RAN
*The first became Australia’s Minister for Defence. * The second piloted 8463 ships of the world through our major ports to set a record that probably never will be eclipsed. ...
Messages from the Clouds Highlighted a Night of High Drama
FOR COUNTLESS GENERATIONS seamen have navigated by the stars. But it was a ‘Message from the Clouds’ that held the key to the rescue of several hundred servicemen after a ...
HMAS Barcoo
HMAS BARCOO was one of the eight Australian built River Class anti-submarine frigates laid down during the Second World War. All except Barwon and Macquarie saw active service in the ...
Australian Naval History on 12 September 1962
HMA Ships HAWKESBURY and MURCHISON, (frigates), left Sydney under tow for breaking up in Japan. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 January 1956
HMAS Murchison paid off into Reserve. Since commissioning the ship had steamed 175,712 miles. Without being again brought into seagoing service, Murchison was sold for breaking up to the Tolo ...
Australian Naval History on 14 February 1955
HMAS HAWKESBURY, was paid off for disposal. After being declared for disposal early in 1961, she was sold to the Tolo Mining and Smelting Co Ltd of Hong Kong on ...
Australian Naval History on 31 July 1952
HMAS Hawkesbury transferred to the operational control of the Fourth Task Force of the Royal Navy as a unit of the First Frigate Squadron (Senior Officer in HMAS Shoalhaven). The ...
Australian Naval History on 22 April 1952
HMS NARVIK, (LST), departs Fremantle bound for the Monte Bello Islands, off the north western coast of Australia, in support of the British atomic tests, (Operation Hurricane), conducted there during ...
Australian Naval History on 18 April 1946
HMAS Burdekin paid off into Reserve at Melbourne and was laid up at Corio Bay, Geelong. In 1956 she was towed to Sydney. Declared for disposal on 9 November 1960, ...
Australian Naval History on 3 October 1945
HMAS Gympie, in company with HMA Ships Moresby, Hawkesbury (I), Katoomba and Gladstone, were present at Koepang in Portuguese Timor for the surrender of the 48th Japanese Division. A naval ...
Australian Naval History on 12 September 1945
HMAS HAWKESBURY, (River class frigate), became the first ship of the RAN to enter Singapore since the surrender to the Japanese in 1942. The surrender of Japanese forces at Wewak, ...
Australian Naval History on 10 June 1945
Dentists were first attached to destroyer flotillas in the RAN. HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE, HOBART, ARUNTA, LACHLAN, HAWKESBURY, BARCOO, WESTRALIA, MANOORA, and KANIMBLA, engaged in the invasion of Brunei. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 September 1944
HMAS Hawkesbury was called upon to assist the burning tanker Misson Ridge following her collision with the Liberty Ship Don Marquis. After taking off the crew she succeeded in quelling ...
Australian Naval History on 5 July 1944
The River class frigate HMAS HAWKESBURY was commissioned. HAWKESBURY was laid down in Mort’s Dock, Sydney, on 7 August 1942, and launched on 24 July 1943. ...
Australian Naval History on 24 July 1943
The seine trawler June commissioned in the RAN as HMAS June. She was renamed HMAS Winter in October 1943 to avoid confusion with the minesweeper HMAS Junee HMAS HAWKESBURY was ...
Australian Naval History on 24 July 1943
HMAS HAWKESBURY, (frigate), was launched at Mort’s Dock, Sydney. ...