Sixteen-year-old New Zealander, Frank Derek Simon, came to Australia in 1936 to take up an apprenticeship with a local shipping company. He stayed with his aunt and uncle in Sydney ...
HMAS Kapunda
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 14 January 1946
HMAS Kapunda paid off into Reserve. After being declared for disposal on 30 December 1960 she was sold for scrap to Kinoshita (Australia) Pty Ltd on 6 January 1961 ...
Australian Naval History on 9 September 1945
HMA Ships BUNDABERG, KAPUNDA, BLACK SNAKE, RIVER SNAKE, and ML 1343, plus army craft used by SRD, AM 1629, AM 1499, AM 1983, and AM 1985, accepted the Japanese surrender ...
Australian Naval History on 13 May 1944
HMA Ships BARCOO, (frigate), KAPUNDA and STAWELL, (corvettes), supported by motor launches, bombarded Japanese troop fortifications at Karkar Island, New Guinea. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 May 1944
HMA Ships GOULBURN, GYMPIR, STAWELL, and KAPUNDA, (corvettes), with ML431, ML806, and ML424, bombarded Karkar Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 June 1943
HMA Ships GAWLER and LISMORE, (minesweepers) and two motor minesweepers, picked up 1353 survivors from the troop ship YOMA, sunk by a German submarine off Derna, Libya. Operation Lilliput ended. ...
Australian Naval History on 14 April 1943
HMA Ships KAPUNDA, WAGGA, and WHYALLA, (minesweepers), fought off repeated attacks by 100 Japanese aircraft at Milne Bay, New Guinea. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 April 1943
In New Guinea waters, an enemy formation of thirty-seven aircraft attacked MV Gorgon, one of the ships of a convoy being escorted by HMAS Kapunda. One of the planes was ...
Australian Naval History on 21 October 1942
The Bathurst class minesweeper, (corvette), HMAS KAPUNDA, was commissioned. KAPUNDA was laid down in Poole & Steel Ltd, Sydney, on 27 August 1941, and launched on 23 June 1943. The ...
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1942
HMAS BANGALOW, (survey tender), was commissioned. The vessel was also employed as minesweeper, and a troop transport, in forward areas. HMAS KAPUNDA, (minesweeper), was launched at Poole & Steel, Sydney. ...