AUSTRALIAN MILITARY R.A.N. Navy

HMAS Perth was built at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Amphion on 15 June 1936. Purchased by the Australian Government, she was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 29 June 1939.

During WW2, Perth took part in the Battle of Greece, Battle of Crete, and the Syria-Lebanon Campaign before returning to Australian waters in late 1941.

The ship was torpedoed by the Japanese and sank on 1 March 1942.

Of the Perth’s company of 686, which included four civilian canteen staff and six RAAF personnel for operating and servicing her aircraft, only 218 (including one civilian and two RAAF) were eventually repatriated; the remainder were killed during, or soon after, the action, or died as prisoners of war. Captain Waller was lost with the ship.

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Appendix: Roll of the Missing

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• Perth (Cruiser) — History
• World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, Australian

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