The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
AN ACCOUNT, WRITTEN FROM MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY P O WILLIS, OF THE SINKING OF HMAS PERTH IN THE SUNDA STRAITS, THE STRUGGLE OF SURVIVORS TO REACH SANGIAN ISLAND, AN ATTEMPT TO SAIL BACK TO AUSTRALIA AND EVENTUAL SURRENDER TO THE JAPANESE
"HMAS "Perth" " the story of the commissioning of this ship and its service until it was sunk during an engagement with the Japanese Navy in the Sunda Straits off Java. Also records the experiences of
Collection relating to the service of Chief Petty Officer Harry Knight. Consists of POW experience following the sinking of the HMAS Perth. CPO Knight and nine others located and sailed a small craf
Notebook containing names of servicemen on HMAS "Perth" before sinking of ship, 28 February 1942, and names of survivors later captured as prisoners of war of the Japanese.
Triangular cream canvas foresail with black writing and artwork aligned along the longer, leading edge. This edge and each corner are reinforced with rope. In large decorative lettering in the centre
Letters to Goodwin from Sir Andrew Cuningham, Lord Louis Mountbatten and on behalf of the Duke of Edinburgh. The collection also includes a courtesy ticket to New York's World Fair and some administr
Collection relating to the Second World War service of PM2570 Able Seaman Gerald Eardley Hamilton, HMAS Lonsdale, Royal Australian Navy, 1 November 1939 - c. March 1972. Wallet 1 of 1 - Contains pape