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HMAS Voyager (I) (I31)

Details:

Title

HMAS Voyager (I) (I31),

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

Destroyer,

Unit

HMAS Voyager (I) (I31),

Date arrived in NT

1942-08-25,

Date left the NT

1942-09-22,

Honours and awards

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

History

On 24 September a flight of Japanese bombers attacked the destroyer damaging it beyond repair. Immediately after the air attack, the Voyager signalled Darwin notitying them of the ship's loss and requesting an evacuation. All on board were rescued by the corvettes Kalgoorlie and Warrnambool on 25 September.,

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, Royal Australian Navy, Destroyer, HMAS Voyager, Navy, HMAS Voyager (I) (I31),

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

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

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/18956 [PictureNT : PH0171/0087, HMAS Voyager, John Oxley Library Collection], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours], https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-voyager-i [HMAS Voyager (I)], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=31056 [HMAS Voyager (I) (I31)],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842532,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842532

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842818,