The following address was delivered by Captain Ralph T. Derbidge MBE RAN (Retired) at the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance to mark Vietnam Veterans Day on 18 August 2010. It describes ...
HMAS Jeparit
Book review: Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Royal Australian Navy in Vietnam 1965-72
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Royal Australian Navy in Vietnam 1965-1972. Second Edition. By John R. Carroll. First published in 2013, this second edition has been revised with ...
Australian Naval History on 9 October 1985
Service in HMA Ships SYDNEY, JEPARIT, and BOONAROO, (troop supply ships), was accepted as ‘war service’ in the Vietnam War, under the terms of the Repatriation Act. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 March 1972
The supply ship HMAS JEPARIT, was paid off and returned to her owners, (Australian National Line). JEPARIT made a record 43 voyages to Vietnam, delivering stores and equipment to the ...
Australian Naval History on 12 March 1972
The fast troop transport HMAS SYDNEY, (CAPT L.J. Merson, RAN), and the supply ship HMAS JEPARIT, (CMDR A.A.C. Philip, RANVR), returned to Sydney, thus completing the RAN’s involvement in the ...
Australian Naval History on 9 June 1970
HMAS JEPARIT arrived at Vung Tau with supplies for 7 RAR, and support forces. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 December 1969
HMAS JEPARIT, the former Australian National line 6,341 ton general purpose bulk carrier, reported fully loaded and ready for sea. The ship was the subject of union disputes from August, ...
Australian Naval History on 11 December 1969
The supply ship HMAS JEPARIT, (CMDR R. E. Bourke, RAN), was commissioned. JEPARIT was laid down in Evans Deakin Yard, Brisbane, as a bulk-carrier, and launched on 5 October 1963. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 March 1967
Clearance Diving Team 3 carried out their first underwater examination of a ship in the Vietnam War at Vung Tau. The vessel was the Australian ship MV JEPARIT, later to ...