AUSTRALIAN MILITARY RAN World War II True Crime –

A dark secret lurked aboard HMAS Australia, the flagship of the Royal Australian Navy. In 1942, with a Japanese invasion looming, those aboard the ship were shocked and completely unprepared to deal with the brutal murder of a young sailor by two shipmates who were allegedly part of a homosexual group on the flagship. A swift military investigation and court martial were conducted. The officers faced a difficult, almost impossible task. How were they to prove the guilt of sailors accused of murdering a shipmate without exposing the motive for the crime, which would unleash embarrassing propaganda for the enemy to exploit? This would prove to be one of the most controversial events in the history of the Royal Australian Navy and trigger unprecedented legal and political events.

First Edition.

• 319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm #120225
• Australia. Royal Australian Navy
• Australia. Royal Australian Navy — History
• Sailors — Crimes against — Australia
• Cruisers (Warships) — Australia — History
• Gay military personnel — Sexual behavior — Australia
• World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, Australian
• Murder — Investigation — Australia
• Australia — History, Military
• Australia — History, Naval