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HMAS Parramatta II

An Historic Letter

Editor’s Note: This is a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Commander Jefferson H. Walker, MVO, RAN, (then CO of HMAS Parramatta (II)) to his wife, describing a particularly nasty

Port Adelaide – Memories 1924

In 1925 our family packed and moved to South Australia where my father took up a new appointment as Sub-District Naval Officer, having transferred to the Naval Auxiliary Service, the

HMAS Parramatta Silver Jubilee

ON 4 JULY 1986 HMAS Parramatta celebrated her Silver Jubilee – 25 years service preserving the peace. The keel of the third warship to bear the name of the cradle

HMAS Manoora Enters the Pacific War

Extracts from the War Diary of former member, the late A.K. Chatto HMAS MANOORA sailed from Sydney at 1800 Saturday, November 22 1941. After clearing the swept channel we took

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