Territory Stories

HMAS Bowen (J285)(M285)

Details:

Title

HMAS Bowen (J285)(M285),

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Navy,

Service branch

Corvette, Minesweeper,

Unit

HMAS Bowen (J285)(M285),

Parent unit

24 Flotilla,

Date arrived in NT

1944-06-28,

Date left the NT

1945-08,

Honours and awards

Battle Honour, Pacific 1941-1945,

History

Bowen performed convoy escort duty between Darwin and Thursday Island and was in Darwin when the war ended. She was transferred to operational control of NOIC in Darwin August 1945.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second Word War, 1939-1945, Corvette, Royal Australian Navy, Minesweeper, HMAS Bowen, 24 Flotilla, Navy, HMAS Bowen (J285)(M285),

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C40420 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 045086, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-bowen [HMAS Bowen], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/35584 [HMAS Bowen (J285)(M285)], https://www.navy.gov.au/customs-and-traditions/battle-honours [Royal Australian Navy : Battle Honours],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842470,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842759