Police back on board
LS James Barwick recently became the first Naval Police Coxswain back aboard submarines after a long absence.
A meeting of two Leeuwins
A unique meeting took place when the hydrographic survey ship HMAS Leeuwin spent time with the sail training ship Leeuwin II.
Successful firing
On August 20, HMAS Sydney successfully conducted the inaugural firing of the new Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile.
Navy backs up Deluge
The ADF’s Joint Task Force was tasked to provide support to New South Wales at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings.
On August 23, 16 RAN personnel from the Armidale Class Patrol Boat Crew Attack Five joined forces with five Duke of Edinburgh’s Award participants to retrace the World War II Sandakan Death March Track from Bauto to Ranau in Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.
The trek followed the path taken by about 1000 Allied Prisoners of War in 1945 at the hands of their Japanese captors. Most of the Allied soldiers did not survive the journey. At the end of World War II, only six of 2434 POWs, most of whom were Australians, survived the atrocities of the Sandakan POW Camp and the Death Marches.
