HMAS STELLA, 29 August 1944

Maker Royal Australian Air Force

Subject or historical figure Commander Herbert Gordon Whitebrook (1907 - 1995)

Date1944

Object numberANMS0296[003]

NamePhotograph

MediumBlack and white photographic print in paper

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from L Whitebrook

Terms

HistoryGeneral purpose survey vessel commissioned as HMAS STELLA on 22 October 1942. Carried out survey duties in the New Guinea area during WWII including surveys along the north coast in support of operations at Buna and Lae. From September 1944 the vessel operated mainly in northern Australian waters, based at Darwin. On 19 December 1945 STELLA was decommissioned at Fremantle and was handed back to the CSIRO on 29 October 1946 reverting to her former name of WARREEN.