Chaplain Symes served in HMAS Manoora in the push from Morotai to the Philippines in 1944-1945 He edited the ship’s newsletter BUZZ, from which this article has been extracted. AMPHIBIOUS ...
HMAS Warramunga I
Obituary: Harry Adlam
HAROLD CHARLES (HARRY) ADLAM grew up in Penshurst, Sydney. Economics dictated that he leave school at the age of 14. However, he educated himself and ended up with a better ...
The Tribals
HMAS Bataan
The Last of the Australian Built Tribal Class THE LAST OF THE THREE Tribal class destroyers built at Cockatoo Island was to have been named Kurnai after an Aboriginal Tribe ...
Warramunga’s Badge
WHEN HMAS WARRAMUNGA commissioned for service in November 1942 no official badge had been authorised for the ship, and being wartime this was of no great consequence. Early in 1943 ...
Nestor died slowly
Leyte Gulf – Biggest Sea Fight in History
Australian Naval History on 7 December 1959
HMAS Warramunga paid off. After 18 months in reserve she was declared for disposal on 22 May 1961. On 15 February 1963 she was sold to the Japanese firm Kinoshita ...
Australian Naval History on 7 November 1959
HMAS WARRAMUNGA, (Tribal class destroyer), was paid off for disposal at Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 July 1958
HMAS WARRAMUNGA, (destroyer), represented Australia at the 12th anniversary of the Philippines’ Republic. ...