The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
German manufactured life jacket which has a beige linen-like fabric shell and kapok filling. A length of brown woven cotton tape has been sewn across the mid-line of the jacket on the outside. On the top there are a pair of simple shoulder straps made from the same material as the shell. The eight vertical padded cells of the jacket are in pairs, divided by narrow strips of fabric.
Associated with 23768 Supply Assistant Horace Russell Keats, RAN, who served in HMAS Canberra. He acquired the jacket from a crew member of the SS `Ketty Brovig' (Norwegian merchant tanker), which was captured on 2 February 1941 by the Germans who intended to use it to supply their Raiders in the Indian Ocean. HMAS Canberra detected Ketty Brovig accompanying SS `Coburg' (merchant freighter) near the Seychelles on 4 March 1941. The vessel fled but was forced to heave to by an aircraft that had been launched by the Canberra. Her crew proceeded to scuttle her to prevent her recapture, but the Canberra sent a party aboard and took her German, Norwegian and Chinese crew prisoners before dispatching the ship with gunfire. Supply Assistant Keats, who was aged 20, died when HMAS Canberra was sunk on 9 August 1942. He is commemorated on Panel 74, Column 1, Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, United Kingdom.
HMAS Canberra souvenir match book with matches and printed yellow cover. The front is printed in blue with a large 'C' within a laurel wreath, within a circle of oak and laurel bearing the word 'CANBE
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth
A size 7 1/4 sailor's cap with HMAS Canberra tally ribbon. The cap outer is constructed from whitened canvas and features two brass eye vent holes on each side. Internally, the cap features an adjusta
Hand made waterline model of the Kent-class cruiser, HMAS 'Canberra', with carved solid wood hull with deck timbers realised with ruled black ink lines. The superstructure, turrets, bridge and funnels
Band of blue cotton fabric with two thin pockets which can be buttoned closed. At the end of the pockets there is a hole that could be used to attach the item to a uniform or a surface with a large bu
Small brass key with attached brass tag stamped 'CAPTAIN's & OFFICERS W.C.' and part of an aluminium tag for the gunroom pantry, both from the heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra (I). The aluminium tag is st
