HMAS LAURABADA, (auxiliary patrol vessel), was commissioned. ...
HMAS Laurabada
Australian Naval History on 28 April 1942
HMAS BENDIGO, (minesweeper), picked up 50 survivors from the Dutch merchant vessel DUPLIEX, sunk off Java Head. The patrol vessel HMAS LAURABADA, (LEUT Ivan Champion, RANVR), evacuated the last troops ...