The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Commander Luke Charles-Jones, the Executive Officer and second-in-command descends the gangway from HMAS ANZAC at a homecoming ceremony for HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. HMAS ANZAC [III] left Australia for the Persian Gulf on 28 October 2002, under Operation Slipper, Australia’s contribution to the international fight against terrorism, to participate in the Multinational Interception Force enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq. The ship was then assigned to Operation Bastille, the build-up of Australian forces against Iraq, in January 2003, and then to Operation Falconer, Australia’s contribution to the war on Iraq, in March 2003. During this deployment, the ANZAC became the first Navy ship to fire her guns in combat since the Vietnam war.
Brass, rimmed, straight walled 5 inch naval shell case with a partially bent rim. The shell has been pantograph engraved on one side with 'CAPT P G LOCKWOOD' followed by two columns with the names of
Captain Peter Lockwood, Commanding Officer of HMAS ANZAC, having walked down the gangway and onto the quayside at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, at a homecoming ceremony for the return of the ANZAC from th
Petty Officer James MacKenzie from HMAS Darwin is reunited with members of his family at a homecoming ceremony for HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. HMAS ANZAC [III] and HMAS
An unidentified Leading Seaman from HMAS Darwin is reunited with relatives at a homecoming ceremony for HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. HMAS ANZAC [III] and HMAS Darwin lef
Friends and family await the arrival of sailors from HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at a homecoming at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. Two thousand people gathered to welcome the sailors home. HMAS ANZAC [I
Friends and family await the arrival of sailors from HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at a homecoming at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. Two thousand people gathered to welcome the sailors home. HMAS ANZAC [I
Friends and family wave to sailors from HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin as the ships approach the quay, at a homecoming ceremony at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. Two thousand people gathered to welcome the
