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<div name=fredbot:career> {{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.A.S. ''Australia'' (1927)|fate2= |comm=24 Apr, 1928{{NLJul31|p. 292}} |fatedate=1955{{Conways1922|p. 26}} |order= |prefix=H.M.A.S. |name=Australia |launch=17 Mar, 1927{{Conways1922|p. 26}} |builder=[[John Brown]]{{Conways1922|p. 26}} |laid=26 Aug, 1925{{Conways1922|p. 26}} |nat=AU |fate=Broken up |pend= |fg=gold|bg=black}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.A.S. ''Australia''''' was one of seven [[Kent Class Cruiser (1926)|''Kent'' Class cruisers]] completed in the late 1920s. She served in the [[Royal Australian Navy]]. ==Service== Commissioned at Clydebank on 24 April, 1928.{{NLJul31|p. 292}} ==Captains== <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Australia''" nat="AU"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Hugh Walter Goolden|nick=Francis H. W. Goolden|appt=24 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 292}}|end=c. mid-May, 1929{{INF}}|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Scott Chalmers|nick=William S. Chalmers|appt=17 May, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 292}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Acheson Forster|nick=Herbert A. Forster|appt=1 April, 1935|end=30 May, 1937{{FC}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Ross Stewart|nick=Robert R. Stewart|appt=29 August, 1939<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii Royal Australian Navy webpage on ''Australia''].</ref>|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux|nick=Emile F. V. Dechaineux|appt=9 March, 1944<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/biography/captain-emile-frank-verlaine-dechaineux Royal Australian Navy webpage on Dechaineux].</ref>|end=21 October, 1944<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii Royal Australian Navy webpage on ''Australia''].</ref>|note=killed when in command}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=John Malet Armstrong|nick=John M. Armstrong|appt=29 October, 1944<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii Royal Australian Navy webpage on ''Australia''].</ref>|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Australia_(1927)}} * [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii HMAS Australia (II)] – The Royal Australian Navy webpage for ''Australia''. {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer Kent Class Cruiser (1926)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Australia}} {{CatShipCruiser|AU}}

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