Territory Stories

HMAS Hawkesbury (I) (K363)

Details:

Title

HMAS Hawkesbury (I) (K363),

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

Frigate,

Unit

HMAS Hawkesbury (I) (K363),

Date arrived in NT

1945-09-30,

Date left the NT

1945-10-01,

Honours and awards

Battle Honour, Pacific 1941-1945,

History

Hawkesbury remained in Singapore until 20 September awaiting the embarkation of Australian Prisoners of War. Darwin was reached on the last day of September and the following day Hawkesbury sailed for Timor to take part in the Japanese surrender ceremony at Koepang on 3 October.,

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, River class, Royal Australian Navy, Frigate, HMAS Hawkesbury, Navy, HMAS Hawkesbury (I) (K363),

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/C227514 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 300744, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-hawkesbury-I [HMAS Hawkesbury], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842489,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842784