| Accession Number | F03343 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Film |
| Measurement | 81 min |
| Object type | Home movie |
| Physical description | 8mm standard/b&w and colour (Kodachrome)/silent |
| Maker |
Freeman, Bruce Irving |
| Place made | Borneo: Balikpapan, East Africa, India: Bombay, Netherlands East Indies: Sunda Strait, Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, Manus, Manus Island, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, Singapore: Singapore Harbour, South Africa: Natal, Durban, Yemen: Aden |
| Date made | 1941; 1945 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
|
[HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Hobart] / Lieutenant Commander B.I. Freeman
Description
Reel 1. The armed merchant cruiser HMAS Kanimbla's part in an operation by "B" Force under command of Captain W.L.G. Adams CB, OBE, RN to capture German and Italian merchant ships at Bandar Shapur, Iran, August 1941. HMAS Hobart on operations in the Philippines and at Balikpapan, 1945. Reel 2. HMAS Kanimbla on operations in the Indian Ocean late 1941. Identified personnel, Reel 1: Lieutenant Richards, HMAS Kanimbla's navigator; Surgeon Commander Keith McKenzie & Lieutenant Commander B.I. Freeman having tea at Durban, South Africa; Captain W.L.G. Adams Kanimbla's captain; Commander G.C.F. Branson; Surgeon Commander Sussman; Engineer Commander Ball with binnoculars with Captain [later Vice Admiral Sir] Roy Dowling (2nd from the left) of HMAS Hobart; Sub-Lieutenant Bob Arnott. Identified personnel Reel 2, Scene 3: Lieutenant Netherton, Lieutenant Gordon Henry, Lieutenant Doyle, Midshipman Cains, Lieutenant Connors, Sub-lieutenant Dylies, Lieutenant Geoff Champion with glasses and Lieutenant Heyen.
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