| Accession Number | 107177 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | c 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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The 'Bathurst' Class Minesweeper/Corvette HMAS Bundaberg in Sydney Harbour in 1942 during a ...
Description
The 'Bathurst' Class Minesweeper/Corvette HMAS Bundaberg in Sydney Harbour in 1942 during a respite from escort duties in Australian coastal waters. She arrived in the New Guinea area in March 1944 and carried out escort duty for Allied ships as well as embarking Australian troops for transit to various locations in the area. In May 1944, in company with HMA ships Gladstone and Gympie, she departed Milne Bay to inaugurate the Solomon Sea anti submarine patrol. September 1945 found Bundaberg at Labuan, North Borneo, with a force of RAN vessels including HMAS Kapunda on board which the Japanese surrender of the North Borneo area was signed at Kuching. After the surrender, Bundaberg participated in the landing of occupation forces at Kuching and in the evacuation of prisoners of war (POWS) from that port to Labuan. On return to Australia, she paid off and was laid up in reserve at Sydney before being sold with seven of her sister ships in March 1961 to Japanese shipbreakers.