The late Arthur Lunan maintained a diary of his service in the RAN from 1941 to 1946. His brother-in-law William Moody digitised this and added some family photographs. William and ...
HMAS Junee
Commander Guy Alexander Beange DSC RAN
By Hector Donohue Commander Guy Alexander Beange DSC RAN served with the Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War and trained as a Fleet Air Arm ...
RAN Corvettes in Western Australia
Australian Naval History on 7 September 1968
HMAS JUNEE, (ex-corvette), was scuttled off Rottnest Island, WA. She had been sold in 1957 for conversion to a fishing boat mother ship, but this never eventuated, and she remained ...
Australian Naval History on 21 August 1957
HMAS Junee paid off and on 18 June 1958 she was sold to Mr WG Davies of Fremantle. She was scrapped in 1968 and her hull sunk 20 miles west ...
Australian Naval History on 10 September 1945
The Japanese surrender of Kairiru and Muschu islands was signed on board ML805. HMA Ships GLENELG, COOTAMUNDRA, JUNEE, and LATROBE, (minesweepers), embarked liberated POW’s at Ambon, and transported them to ...
Australian Naval History on 8 September 1945
HMAS VENDETTA transported 28 released European POW’s from Rabaul to Madang, for repatriation to Australia. The surrender of Dutch Borneo by the Japanese was accepted on board HMAS Burdekin by ...
Australian Naval History on 11 April 1944
The Fremantle-based USS REDFIN, (submarine), sank the Japanese destroyer AKIGUMO, off Zamboanga, in the Philippines. The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS JUNEE, was commissioned. JUNEE was laid down at Poole ...
Australian Naval History on 16 November 1943
HMAS JUNEE, (minesweeper), was launched at Poole & Steel, Sydney. ...