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HMAS Armidale (I) (J240)

Details:

Title

HMAS Armidale (I) (J240),

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 Armidale (I) (J240),

Parent unit

24 Flotilla,

Date arrived in NT

1942-11-07,

Date left the NT

1942-11-29,

Honours and awards

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

History

Armidale was sunk by the Japanese off Timor on 1 December 1942 while on a Timor run.,

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, Minesweeper, Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Armidale, 24 Flotilla, Navy, HMAS Armidale (I) (J240),

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/C10244 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 026612, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-armidale-I [HMAS Armidale (I)], http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sheean-edward-11671 [Edward Sheean (1923-1942)], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/35125 [HMAS Amidale (I) (J240)], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842463,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842765