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Emile Dechaineux
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Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux, DSC was an Australian mariner who reached the rank of captain in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. He was killed by a Japanese aircraft in what is believe
Dechaineux c. 1943
Dechaineux c. 1943
Dechaineux (second right) on the bridge of HMAS Australia in September 1944.
Dechaineux (second right) on the bridge of HMAS Australia in September 1944.
John Augustine Collins
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Vice-Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, was a Royal Australian Navy officer who served in both World Wars, and who eventually rose to become a vice admiral and Chief of Naval Staff. Collins was one o
Emile Dechaineux
…was given command of the heavy cruiser HMAS Australia, the flagship of both the RAN and Task Force 74, under the overall force commander Commodore John Collins. The Australia supported Allied landings at Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea and on the islands of Biak, Noemfoor and Morotai. On 21 October 1944, HMAS…
Captain John Collins in 1943
Captain John Collins in 1943
Members of the Australian Mission Group at the Japanese surrender talks. Left to right: Commodore John Collins; Lieutenant General Frank Berryman; Cap
Members of the Australian Mission Group at the Japanese surrender talks. Left to right: Commodore John Collins; Lieutenant General Frank Berryman; Captain Roy Dowling; Air Commodore Raymond Brownell.