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Crew of HMS KANIMBLA, Hong Kong, 1940
Crew of HMS KANIMBLA, Hong Kong, 1940

Crew of HMS KANIMBLA, Hong Kong, 1940

Date1940
Object numberANMS0297[007]
NamePhotograph
MediumSilver gelatin print
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionStanding left to right, J. Crotty shipwright, F. Davies ordinary seaman, Donald Cooper Blunsden shipwright, J. Ancleston fireman apprentice, C. Shipdon shipwright. Seated left to right, J. Wheeler plumber, H. Lawrence shipwright, W. Eager joiner, Bunny H Young joiner, Harold Smith shipwright. HistoryCommissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS KANIMBLA on 6 October 1939 though its commander Frank Getting and almost all of its crew were drawn the Royal Australian Navy. On 13 December 1939 HMS KANIMBLA departed Sydney for Hong Kong and was based there for the first half of 1940 patrolling the Chinese and Japanese coasts. In June 1940 it was reassigned to Singapore. Donald Cooper Blunsden enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy soon after war was declared in September 1939 as a shipwright.