Country Australia

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

Ship Name	Designation and Hull Number
SYDNEY	FFG 03

 

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

 

			Tribal Class Destroyer Ordered as KURNAI Keel Laid February 18 1942 Launched January 15 1944 Commissioned May 25 1945 Decommissioned October 18 1954
			HMAS Bataan I91 ex D191 ex D9

CO's mark, Photo and Crest of HMAS BATAAN

 

			1952-06-18 Australian CDS (Off the Korean Coast)
			HMAS Bataan I91 ex D191 ex D9

Cachet Maker James T. Spalding. HMAS Bataan was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender ceremony.

 

			1982-03-26
			Launching - HMAS Darwin FFG-44

Note: Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 74 USS Puget Sound

 

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