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Sub Lieutenant Peter Ailwood, Officer of Quarters, aboard HMA Fairmile Motor Launch ML 426, communicating with gunnery control by telephone. Commanded by Lieutenant (Lt) R C Pockley, ML 426 conducted operations along the northeastern coast of New Guinea from April until November 1944. From the start of August 1944, when command was handed to Lt H C Eyers, she was one of eight Fairmiles formed into the New Guinea Motor Launch Flotilla based at Mios Woendi [Wundi] (east of Biak Island) as an anti-submarine force and was involved in the strafing of a number of Japanese positions at Wafordori and Korim Bays.
One of the gun crews manning the second Oerlikon anti aircraft gun positioned aft on HMA Fairmile Motor Launch ML 426. Commanded by Lieutenant (Lt) R C Pockley, ML 426 conducted operations along the n
Three ships officers aboard Fairmile Motor Launch ML 426 enjoy a quiet interlude between assignments. Identified personnel are Sub Lieutenant Peter Ailwood (1); Sub Lieutenant Dudley Ross (2); Lieuten
Studio portrait of B/2239 Telegraphist Richard (Dick) Payne, Telegraphist, HMAS Ladava, of Caboolture, Qld. Payne served on Fairmile Motor Launch ML 424. He died on 7 June 1944, aged 31 years.
MADANG, NEW GUINEA, 1944-04-30. LIEUTENANT W. SHIPWAY (1), SUB-LIEUTENANT BLACK (2), AND ABLE SEAMAN FERGUSON (3), MAINTAIN WATCH ON THE BRIDGE OF HMA MOTOR LAUNCH 424, A FAIRMILE SUBMARINE CHASER, WH
United States issue khaki webbing belt with blackened metal buckle and end. The belt is stamped in black on the inside 'U. S. 1QMD 1943 36'. Allan Keith 'Keith' Englert was born on 21 April 1918 at
Pair long white woollen ribbed socks, as worn by naval officers with white summer uniform shorts. Allan Keith 'Keith' Englert was born on 21 April 1918 at Maclean, NSW. He enlisted with the Citizen
