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HMAS Gladstone (I) (J324)

Details:

Title

HMAS Gladstone (I) (J324),

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 Gladstone (I) (J324),

Honours and awards

Battle Honour, Pacific 1941-1945,

History

Following the end of hostilities in August 1945 Gladstone proceeded to Darwin. In September she took part in the Timor surrender ceremonies at Koepang. In November and December 1945 Gladstone was employed on general surveillance of the Lesser Sundas and the transport of Netherlands East Indies troops from Darwin to Timor.,

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 Gladstone, Navy, HMAS Gladstone (I) (J324),

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/C43348 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 300681, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-gladstone-i [HMAS Gladstone (I)], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=45068 [HMAS Gladstone (I) (J324)], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842485,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842774