An HMAS ANZAC sailor remembers the sinking of HMAS PERTH II

HMAS ANZAC came to a stop in the Java Sea last month - but it was not because of any mechanical problem.

CAPT Matt Tripovich and his ship's company wanted to remember the ship which lay below them and the lives lost in her.

At 2.30pm on April 20 they conducted a memorial service for HMAS PERTH II at the place where she disappeared in March 1942.

CHAP Tinney conducted the service while PO Chadwick laid a wreath on behalf of the ship's company.

The ceremony gave all an appreciation of just how gallantly the RAN served during WWII, in particular the men involved in the Battle of the Java Sea.

ANZAC stopped in the Java Sea as she headed to IADS 2000. She called at Singapore, Vietnam and Lumut before turning for home, due in early June.