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==Service==
 
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''Australia'' was commissioned at Clydebank on 24 April, 1928.{{NLJul31|p. 292}}
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She was re-commissioned at Sydney on 1 January, 1932.{{NLJul37|p. 295}}
  
 
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Scott Chalmers|nick=William S. Chalmers|appt=17 May, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 292}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederic C. Bradley|appt=27 September, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 295}}|end=1933}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Simon Fraser Macleod|nick=William S. F. Macleod|appt=1 June, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 295}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Acheson Forster|nick=Herbert A. Forster|appt=1 April, 1935|end=30 May, 1937{{FC}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet|nick=Hubert G. D. Acland|appt=5 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 295}}|end=1938}}
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{{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=13 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=George Dunbar Moore|nick=George D. Moore|appt=13 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}|end=23 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptAU}}|name=Harold Bruce Farncomb|nick=Harold B. Farncomb|appt=24 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}|end=8 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommAU}}|name=Harley Chamberlain Wright|nick=Harley C. Wright|appt=22 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}|end=28 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
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{{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=5 August, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommAU}}|name=Harley Chamberlain Wright|nick=Harley C. Wright|appt=6 August, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}|end=19 November, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|1173}}}}
 
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Australia_(1927)}}
 
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* [http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-australia-ii HMAS Australia (II)] – The Royal Australian Navy webpage for ''Australia''.
 
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Revision as of 16:19, 1 June 2019

H.M.A.S. Australia (1927)
Builder: John Brown & Company[1]
Laid down: 26 Aug, 1925[2]
Launched: 17 Mar, 1927[3]
Commissioned: 24 Apr, 1928[4]
Broken up: 1955[5]
H.M.A.S. Australia was one of seven Kent Class cruisers completed in the late 1920s. She served in the Royal Australian Navy.

Service

Australia was commissioned at Clydebank on 24 April, 1928.[6]

She was re-commissioned at Sydney on 1 January, 1932.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 292.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 26.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 292.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 295.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 292.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 292.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 295.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 295.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 295.
  13. Royal Australian Navy webpage on Australia.
  14. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. Royal Australian Navy webpage on Dechaineux.
  20. Royal Australian Navy webpage on Australia.
  21. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  22. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  23. Royal Australian Navy webpage on Australia.
  24. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  25. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  26. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


Kent Class Heavy Cruiser
Royal Navy
Berwick Cornwall Cumberland Kent Suffolk
Royal Australian Navy
  Australia Canberra  
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