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HMAS Arunta (I) (I30)(D5)

Details:

Title

HMAS Arunta (I) (I30)(D5),

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 Arunta (I) (I30)(D5),

Date arrived in NT

1943-01-07,

Date left the NT

1943-01-10,

Honours and awards

Battle Honour, Pacific 1941-1945,

History

Arunta took part in the evacuation of guerilla troops from Timor. She participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines which was the final catastrophe for the Japanese Navy. This battle was considered to be the largest navy battle of WWII in 1944.,

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, Destroyer, Royal Australian Navy, Surface combatant, HMAS Arunta, Navy, HMAS Arunta (I) (I30)(D5),

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/C361371 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 017711, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-arunta-I [HMAS Arunta (I)], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35552 [HMAS Arunta (I) (I30 and D5)], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842465,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842763