The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bandar Shapur, Iran. 1941-08. Graves of Germans killed in an operation by Force B, under the command of Captain W. L. G. Adams OBE RN in HMS Kanimbla. The operation was to capture German and Italian shipping and to occupy Bandar Shapur. The front white wooden cross marks the grave of Second Officer Kort Winterboer, aged 29, of Nordenham, of the ship Sturmfels, who was killed in the operation. (Donor W. L. G. Adams)
At sea off Bandar Shapur, Iran. 1941-08. A RAF Launch No. 20 manned by Australians from HMS Kanimbla (background), with HMIS Lawrence alongside. HMS Kanimbla, manned by RAN personnel, was involved in
At sea off Bandar Shapur, Iran. 1941-08. A Motor Dhow 8 manned by RAN personnel from HMS Kanimbla who are visible on deck, but during the operation to capture German and Italian shipping and occupy Ba
At Sea off Bandar Shapur, Iran. 1941-08. Members of 3/10th Baluchis on parade on the deck of HMS Kanimbla. These men were the Regiment who landed and captured the port of Bandar Shapur. The operation
Bandar Shapur, Iran. 1941-08. Looking down from HMS Kanimbla to where 72 Germans, so called "tourists", wait beside a train to travel to a prisoner of war camp after being captured during an operation
Probably Perth, WA. ?1942. The ship's company of HMS Kanimbla, which took part in an operation to capture German and Italian ships at Bandar Shapur, Iran, by Force B under the command of Captain W. L.
Bandar Shapur, Iran. 1941-08. Members of 3/10th Baluchis on board HMS Kanimbla. The Australian Master-at-Arms, one of the RAN personnel who manned the vessel, teaching them how to scrub and clean the
