HMAS Moruya (Q17)
WWII Military Units; HistoryNT; Second World War, 1939-1945
2021
Darwin Harbour
Australia
Merchant Navy
Cargo and; Passenger Ship; Motor Launch; Boom Defence Vessel; Air-sea Rescue
HMAS Moruya (Q17)
1942-02-19
1943-11-12
Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943
Requistioned on 3 June 1941 and was in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942. The Commanding Officer was John Leggoe, author of 'Trying to be sailors'.
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English
Second World War, 1939-1945; Merchant Navy; Australia; Air sea rescue; Boom defence vessel; Cargo; Motor launch; Passenger; HMAS Moruya (Q17)
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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/34193 [PictureNT : PH0375/0091, Dredge 'Morwong', Marella Collection]; http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/MSS0823/ [Richard Want]; https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours]; http://www.navy.gov.au/history/feature-histories/fixed-naval-defences-darwin-harbour-1939-1945 [Fixed Naval Defences in Darwin]; http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=47387 [HMAS Moruya (Q17)]
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843554
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844009
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