RAN Operations - 'SW Pacific / Indian Ocean 1941-43' (World War 2, 7 December 1941 to 31 December 1943)

About This Campaign

RAN operations in the Pacific spanned a range of 'campaigns'; the others are listed below.

Malaya Singapore 1941

With the entry of Japan into the pacific War following the attack on Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941, RAN units based in Singapore found themslves in action early on, following the Japanese amphibious landings at Kota Baru on Malay's north east coast that took place concurrently with Pearl Harbour.

Things went from bad to worse very quickly, following the calamitous loss of the two Royal Navy Capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse to Japanese air attack off the east coast of Malaya on 10 December 1941.

 

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 "HMAS Sydney Nov 1941"

"Fall of Singapore"

"Battles of Java Sea and Sunda Strait"

"Coral Sea 1942",

"Savo Island 1942",

"Guadalcanal 1942",

"New Guinea 1942–44",

 

 

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from campaign

EVANS, Arthur Reginald

Service number NX57823
Lieutenant
'M' Special Unit
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 14 May 1905

SMITH, Francis Edward

Lieutenant Commander
HMAS Yarra (II)
Royal Australian Navy
Born 8 Oct 1908

ROWAN, Edward James

Service number 407009
Flying Officer
No. 9 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 7 Sep 1921

LATHAM, Frederick George

Service number 23951
Able Seaman
HMAS Hobart (I)
Royal Australian Navy
Born 22 Feb 1922

HILL, Clarence Neal Stuart

Service number 16160
Petty Officer Stoker
HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Royal Australian Navy
Born 20 Jun 1905

ANDERSON, Cecil John

Service number PA1921
Able Seaman
HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Royal Australian Navy
Born 24 Sep 1916

BROWN, Thomas Garton

Service number COMMI...
Lieutenant
HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Royal Australian Navy
Born 22 Jan 1920

RUDALL, Peter Sutherland

Service number PA2017
Ordinary Seaman
HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Royal Australian Navy
Born 31 May 1922