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Shield of HMAS ADELAIDE (I) ship badge 00054683
Shield of HMAS ADELAIDE (I) ship badge 00054683

Shield of HMAS ADELAIDE (I) ship badge 00054683

Date1922-1946
Object number00054683
NameShip badge
MediumTimber
DimensionsOverall: 225 × 200 × 20 mm
ClassificationsCommemorative artefacts
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Rhod Cook
SignificanceThis badge is associated with HMAS Adelaide (I), a Modified Town Class cruiser built for the Royal Australian Navy during the First World War. Adelaide served as one of the RAN's capital ships during the 1920s and 1930s, and served in the Pacific and Indian Oceans during the Second World War. The badge is also directly associated with William Cook, who assumed command of HMAS Nizam in February 1945 and become the youngest Australian naval officer to command a destoyer during the Second World War. He would also serve as First Lieutenant aboard HMAS Wyatt Earp, the first Australian naval vessel to participate in an Antarctic research expedition (the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition) in the immediate post-war period.