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HMAS Fremantle (J246)(M246)

Details:

Title

HMAS Fremantle (J246)(M246),

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Navy,

Service branch

Corvette, Minesweeper,

Unit

HMAS Fremantle (J246)(M246),

Parent unit

24 Flotilla,

Date arrived in NT

1943-09-03,

Date left the NT

1945-03-03,

Honours and awards

Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943, Battle Honour, Pacific 1941-1945,

History

In August 1943 Fremantle left the east coast and proceeded to Darwin where she was based as an escort vessel operating mainly between Darwin and Thursday Island until April 1945.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second Word War, 1939-1945, Corvette, Bathurst, Royal Australian Navy, Minesweeper, HMAS Fremantle, 24 Flotilla, Navy, HMAS Fremantle (J246)(M246),

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C40419 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 045085, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-fremantle-i [HMAS Fremantle (I)], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35621 [HMAS Fremantle (I) (J246)(M246)], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842483,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842483

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842776,