HMAS WARREGO, (survey ship), surveyed the approaches, and buoyed the channels, for the Australian landing on Balikpapan. The Naval Post Office at HMAS PENGUIN was opened. This post office had ...
Australian Naval History on 2 July 1945
Australian Naval History on 1 July 1945
HMA Ships ARUNTA, HOBART, SHROPSHIRE, KANIMBLA, MANOORA, and WESTRALIA, participated in the assault on Balikpapan, Borneo. HMAS MINDARI, (gunnery instruction centre), was commissioned at Woolloomooloo, Sydney. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1945
The services reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS MOTHER SNAKE, (LEUT R. T. Patterson, RAN), was commissioned. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1945
The British Pacific Fleet, under second in command VADM Rawlings, sailed from Sydney for operations against the Japanese home islands. ...
Australian Naval History on 27 June 1945
HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE and HOBART, (cruisers), bombarded Japanese positions at Klandasan in preparation for the landing at Balikpapan. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 June 1945
The Tribal class destroyer HMAS BATAAN, (CMDR H. M. Burrell, RAN), was commissioned. BATAAN, (as KURNAI), was laid down at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 18 February 1942, and launched ...
Australian Naval History on 25 June 1945
TG74.1, HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE, HOBART, and ARUNTA, and US Ships HART and METCALF, concentrated at Tawitawi for the assault on Balikpapan. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 June 1945
The Fremantle-based USS HARDHEAD, (submarine), sank the Japanese ships No.833, (shuttle boat), and Nos. 113 and 117, (submarine chasers), in the Java Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 June 1945
HMAS ARUNTA, (destroyer), landed troops at Miri Lutong. HMA Ships DUBBO, KIAMA, and LITHGOW, (minesweepers), shelled Japanese positions on Bougainville. ...
Australian Naval History on 21 June 1945
LEUT E. M. Howitt, RANVR, was awarded the US Legion of Merit for services in the Philippines, while on loan and serving with US patrol boats. With his knowledge of ...
Australian Naval History on 19 June 1945
SBA Alec Hill was executed by the Japanese after being a POW since February 1945. SBA Hill was from HMAS Manoora which had arrived at Morotai in January 1945 and ...
Australian Naval History on 18 June 1945
HMAS SHROPSHIRE, (cruiser), bombarded Japanese positions on Labuan Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 17 June 1945
LEUT W. J. Starkey, RAN, in HMAS LACHLAN, (frigate), piloted assault craft up the Padas River to attack Weston, in Brunei. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 June 1945
HMAS LACHLAN, (frigate), continued the survey and buoying of Brunei Bay. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 June 1945
CDRE J. A. Collins. CB, RAN, was appointed to command His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. His Flagship was HMAS AUSTRALIA, (cruiser). HMAS WARREGO, (sloop), completed the survey of Wewak, New Guinea. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 June 1945
HMAS WARREGO, (sloop), bombarded Japanese troops and fortifications on Forok Point, east of Wewak, New Guinea. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 June 1945
The armament store-carrier HMAS MULCRA, was commissioned. MULCRA was laid down in Svendborg, Denmark, in 1925. She was requisitioned for the RAN from her owners, the Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, ...
Australian Naval History on 10 June 1945
Dentists were first attached to destroyer flotillas in the RAN. HMA Ships SHROPSHIRE, HOBART, ARUNTA, LACHLAN, HAWKESBURY, BARCOO, WESTRALIA, MANOORA, and KANIMBLA, engaged in the invasion of Brunei. ...
Australian Naval History on 9 June 1945
HMAS Wollongong berthed at Port Kembla to visit her namesake city. Owing to the minimum depth of water at Wollongong, and to the regret of the local council, the corvette ...
Australian Naval History on 7 June 1945
HMAS LACHLAN, (frigate), surveyed and laid navigation buoys in Brunei Bay for the Australian invasion. During the operation LACHLAN placed buoys within 30 metres of the beach. HMS ALBATROSS, former ...
Australian Naval History on 4 June 1945
The stores carrier HMAS FALIE, (LCDR C. V. Wood, RANVR), departed Madang under the tow of the tug TANCRED. On 8 June TANCRED caught fire and was in danger of ...
Australian Naval History on 3 June 1945
HMAS COLAC, (minesweeper), was towed to Finschhafen, New Guinea, after suffering damage from Japanese shore batteries at Bougainville. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 May 1945
HMAS SWAN, (sloop), entered Boram Harbour, New Guinea, and carried out a bombardment of the Japanese occupied villages of Banahiton and Passam. HMAS COLAC, (minesweeper), destroyed a Japanese gun position ...
Australian Naval History on 25 May 1945
HMAS COLAC, (minesweeper), bombarded Japanese positions in Choiseul Bay, New Britain. ...
Australian Naval History on 23 May 1945
The services reconnaissance department (SRD) craft HMAS ANACONDA, (LEUT C. T. G. Haultain, RAN), was commissioned. HMAS COLAC, (minesweeper), arrived at Torokina, Bougainville, to disrupt Japanese barge traffic along the ...