Contact details and e-mail links are at the bottom of this page
This image reproduced by kind permission of BAE Systems
| YEAR | EVENT |
| 1941 | The Prime Minister, Mr R G Menzies, inspected PERTH(1) at Alexandria, Egypt |
LOOK AT THIS !!
Click the button below to view the 196-page diaries of PO George Hatfield, (KIA), PERTH I
These diaries have been kindly supplied by George's son, George Hatfield Jr. for us to add here
and they are well worth the read. ( 4.33Mb )
You will need Adobe Reader to view these Diaries
STATIONS OF THE THAI-BURMA RAILWAY 1943
A detailed fly-through on Youtube, (click picture) - put online by James Dykes, of The Thai-Burma Railway 1943 as it tracks through S.W. Thailand and into Burma, still off limits to non-Burmese. This replica of the route, has been reproduced from Austin University, Texas typographic maps and USGS satellite Digital Elevation Maps, rendered in Vue xStream. Hopefully, the families of the fallen may now be more informed of the geography of the jungle in which their loved ones suffered and died from 1942-1945.
Click this button to see the public edition of our quarterly Newsletter - PUNDIT
You will need to have Adobe Reader to view PUNDIT
SEE OUR NOTICES PAGE (button at left) FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FOR THE NAVAL COMMUNITY, including:
An international reunion being planned by the US Charles F Adams class ships to be held in Jacksonville, Florida for 2011 or 2012. They plan to include people from the three RAN DDG's (PERTH, HOBART & BRISBANE) as well as the three German Navy DDG's.
See our Email Hints - a PowerPoint presentation on probably one of the better methods of sending emails to lots of recipients so that all those other addresses don't show up to be a darned nuiscance, plus a few other useful email tips.
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HMAS Perth National Association consists of a group of serving and ex Naval personnel who have served on either of the Navy ships named HMAS PERTH. Family of PERTH and ex PERTH personnel as well as other interested parties may also join as Associate or Special members.
The first HMAS PERTH was commissioned into the RAN in 1939 (ex HMS AMPHION), just before the beginning of World War II, and was sunk by the Japanese in the Sunda Strait on 1st March 1942, along with USS HOUSTON. Click the link above for the statistics and a brief history of PERTH(1).
The second HMAS PERTH was built by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, MICHIGAN, USA, was commissioned into the RAN on 17 July 1965 in Boston USA. She was decommissioned on Friday 15th October 1999. Click the link above to see the ship statistics and view a brief history of PERTH (2).
The third HMAS PERTH was built by Tenix and launched in Williamstown
VIC and was commissioned into the RAN on Saturday 26 August 2006 at Fremantle WA, and
is an "ANZAC" class frigate (FFH), hull number 157.
Our Aim:
The main aim of our Association is the welfare of our Members.
To this end, we attempt to raise money to help our welfare fund by reselling
"rabbits" and memorabilia, and organising get-togethers and reunions.
Membership of the Association is open to any serving or ex-naval person who has served some time in any ship named HMAS PERTH, and costs AU$20.00 per annum. The membership year is from 1 July to 30 June of the following year. Membership for all ex-PERTH (1) personnel is free, with any voluntary donation gladly accepted. Our Annual General Meeting is usually held mid to late July each year. Associate membership is available, with committee approval, to others who may have given a service to either the ships or the Association, as well as to family of PERTH or ex-PERTH personnel.
Would you like
to join our Association ?:
If you would like to join the Association, you may either download a "PDF"
application form (75Kb) or a plain text
application form (2Kb), and fill it in, then mail it to us,
(the PDF form may be printed before manually filling in, or filled online then saved and/or printed)
OR
if you are either ex-Navy or still serving and have previously served in or are currently serving in HMAS PERTH,
you may now request to join from this web site by clicking the "Leave
Details / Join" button at left and follow the instructions there.
Relatives or non-Navy personnel may now also join online as well as download the application form, complete it and mail it to our Membership Secretary.
We produce a quarterly newsletter "PERTH PUNDIT" to help keep members informed of coming events such as Anzac Day. The production of the newsletter is a fairly big task, and all help by way of articles and photographs from members is always welcome.
Contact Information:
Our contact address and telephone numbers
are below, if you wish to
contact us by mail or phone. There is also a personal information
page (see links on the left) to allow you to leave your name and address to help us
correct and compile our HMAS PERTH database. E-mail links to the President,
Secretary, Treasurer & PUNDIT Editor are at the bottom of this page.
| Secretary: | 02 6495 1401 | |
| PUNDIT Editor: | 02 6495 1401 |
Association postal address:
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| HMAS Perth National Association Inc | ||
| PO Box 626 | ||
| MERIMBULA NSW 2548 | ||
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E-mail:
Please note that we changed all email addresses below some time ago and the method of sending emails to these people - as a way of circumventing spam.
The previous addresses (if known) will no longer work.
| President: | ( John KING ) |
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| Secretary: | ( Darrell HEGARTY ) |
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| Treasurer: | ( Steve YOULL OAM ) |
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| PUNDIT Editor: | ( Darrell HEGARTY ) |
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