The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Petty Officer Julie Higgs, of HMAS ANZAC, embraces her daughters Jordan and Maddy, during a homecoming ceremony at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. Petty Officer Higgs was the only mother on board HMAS ANZAC during its deployment to the Persian Gulf and Iraq. looks on. HMAS ANZAC [III] left Australia for the 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
Linda Lockwood, wife of Captain Peter Lockwood, Commanding Officer of HMAS ANZAC, embraces her husband on his return from the Persian Gulf and Iraq, at a homecoming ceremony at Victoria Quay, Fremantl
Chief Petty Officer Trevor Syme, of HMAS ANZAC, holds his nephew Nathan, at a homecoming ceremony for HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. His sister, Jannine Gooderick, looks o
Chief Petty Officer Trevor Syme, of HMAS ANZAC, is embraced by his mother, May Gardam, of Melbourne, Vic., at a homecoming ceremony for HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. HMAS
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
Friends and family of returning sailors from HMAS ANZAC hold a banner at the homecoming of HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Darwin at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA. The banner reads “WELCOME HOME ANZAC”. HMAS ANZAC
Captain Peter Lockwood, Commanding Officer of HMAS ANZAC, is greeted by Rear Admiral Raydon Gates, Maritime Commander, at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, WA, during the homecoming of HMAS ANZAC and HMAS Dar
