Territory Stories

HMAS Echuca (J252)(M252)

Details:

Title

HMAS Echuca (J252)(M252),

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 Echuca (J252)(M252),

Parent unit

24 Flotilla,

Date arrived in NT

1944-08-19,

Date left the NT

1945-10-07,

Honours and awards

Battle Honour, Pacific 1941-1945,

History

In mid 1945 Echuca joined Horsham and Castlemaine in surveying around Darwin and Thursday Island and was attached to the United States 7 Fleet's Survey Group.,

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 Echuca, 24 Flotilla, Navy, HMAS Echuca (J252)(M252),

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/C225773 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 300471, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-echuca [HMAS Echuca], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35607 [HMAS Echuca (J252)(M252)], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842480,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842778