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DARWIN, NT. 1946-03-01. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS PREPARE TO BOARD HMAS WESTRALIA. THE VOYAGE TO SYDNEY WAS TO BE THE LAST BEFORE WESTRALIA WAS PAID OFF AND RETURNED TO HER PEACETIME WORK AS A COASTAL STEAMER.
DARWIN, NT 1946-03-01. AUSTRALIAN SERVICEWOMEN RELAXING AROUND A PIANO ON DECK OF HMAS WESTRALIA. THIS VOYAGE CARRYING PERSONNEL HOME TO THE SOUTHERN STATES WAS WESTRALIA'S LAST FOR THE RAN BEFORE BEI
DARWIN, NT 1946-03-01. SOLDIERS CARRYING THEIR KIT LINED UP ON THE WHARF AS THEY WAIT THEIR TURN TO EMBARK ON HMAS WESTRALIA. THE VOYAGE TO THE SOUTHERN STATES WAS TO BE THE VESSEL'S LAST BEFORE BEING
DARWIN, NT 1946-03-01. HMAS WESTRALIA DEPARTING FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES ON HER LAST VOYAGE BEFORE RETURNING TO CIVILIAN SERVICE. AMONGST THE SERVICE PERSONNEL RETURNING HOME WERE 93 MEMBERS OF THE AAN
DARWIN, NT 1946-03-01. AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN AND SERVICEWOMEN LINE THE DECKS OF HMAS WESTRALIA AS SHE PREPARES TO DEPART FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. THE WOMEN, SOME OF WHOM ARE HOLDING STREAMERS, WERE TH
BATHURST CLASS MINESWEEPER/CORVETTE HMAS SHEPPARTON. SHEPPARTON WAS COMMISSIONED ON 1 FEBRUARY 1943 AND SPENT HER WARTIME SERVICE IN AUSTRALIAN AND NEW GUINEA WATERS. AFTER SOME POST WAR SURVEY WORK S
DARWIN, NT. 1946-02-28. A GROUP OF NORFORCE AWAS PERSONNEL SINGING AROUND A PIANO ABOARD HMAS WESTRALIA. THE SHIP WAS DUE TO LEAVE FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES WITH 1100 SERVICE PERSONNEL THE NEXT DAY.
