The Japanese surrender of Nauru was signed on board HMAS DIAMANTINA, (frigate). ...
Australian Naval History on 13 September 1945
Australian Naval History on 12 September 1945
HMAS HAWKESBURY, (River class frigate), became the first ship of the RAN to enter Singapore since the surrender to the Japanese in 1942. The surrender of Japanese forces at Wewak, ...
Australian Naval History on 11 September 1945
Japanese forces on Timor signed the surrender document on board HMAS MORESBY, (survey vessel/escort). ...
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 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 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 7 September 1945
The sloop HMAS Moresby (I), accompanied by ten other Australian warships (including HMAS Parkes) and two Dutch vessels, sailed from Darwin to conduct the ceremony of surrender of all Japanese ...
Australian Naval History on 6 September 1945
The surrender of Dutch Borneo was signed by the Japanese, in HMAS BURDEKIN, (frigate). Twenty five per cent of the 76,000 mines laid by British naval forces in WWII, were ...
Australian Naval History on 2 September 1945
The formal surrender of Japan was signed on the USS MISSOURI, (battleship), in Tokyo Bay. The RAN was represented by CDRE J. A. Collins, CB, and HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE, HOBART, ...
Australian Naval History on 1 September 1945
CMDR G. D. Tancred, RAN, was awarded the DSC for conspicuous gallantry in surveying forward combat areas in New Guinea and the Philippines. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 August 1945
HMAS Fremantle arrived at Hong Kong and whilst based there as a unit of the 21st Minesweeping Flotilla, took part in a series of clearing sweeps in Chinese waters ...
Australian Naval History on 30 August 1945
CAPT H. Buchanan, RAN, in HMAS NAPIER, accepted the surrender of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. HMAS NIZAM, (CMDR W. F. Cook, RAN), leading HMAS NAPIER, (LEUT H. D. Stevenson), followed ...
Australian Naval History on 24 August 1945
HM Submarine OTWAY, (formerly HMAS OTWAY), was sold out of service for breaking up. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 August 1945
HMAS ST GILES was re-commissioned as a navy tug. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 August 1945
HMA Ships MILDURA, CASTLEMAINE, BATHURST, BROOME, FREMANTLE, STRAHAN, and STAWELL, were formed into the Australian Minesweeping Flotilla, at Subic Bay, under LCDR J. M. Little, RANR. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 August 1945
The Japanese surrender of Bougainville was signed on board HMAS LITHGOW, (corvette). ...
Australian Naval History on 17 August 1945
The corvette, HMAS STAWELL, (LCDR W. H. Burke, RANR), sank a Japanese armed barge in a night engagement north of the eastern tip of the Celebes. This was the last ...
Australian Naval History on 15 August 1945
Hostilities with Japan ended at 12 noon. When HRH Duke of Gloucester made the announcement in Canberra, three flags were flown. They were the flag raised by Australian troops at ...
Australian Naval History on 14 August 1945
The services reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS TAIPAN, was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 July 1945
Between 30 and 31st July 1945 XE-4 commanded by LEUT M.H. Shean, RANVR was involved in Operation SABRE; the cutting of two underwater telegraph cables off Japanese-occupied Saigon. The Japanese ...
Australian Naval History on 26 July 1945
HMAS GASCOYNE, (frigate), steamed up the Balikpapan River to engage Japanese positions with close-range gunfire. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 July 1945
The services reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS DIANOND SNAKE, (LEUT W. L. Fesq, RAN), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 July 1945
CDRE J. A. Collins, CB, hoisted his broad pennant in HMAS WARRAMUNGA at Manila, Philippines. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 July 1945
The minesweeper HMAS LATROBE, (LEUT W. A. Smith, RANR), accepted temporary responsibility for the defence of Balikpapan from a fleet of US destroyers and destroyer escorts. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 July 1945
HMAS DIAMANTINA, (frigate), provided close support fire to operations on Sohano Island. ...