Passage to Ceylon
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Gibraltar November 1944 |
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HMS Fencer, her decks loaded with Mosquito aircraft,
seen from Striker,
transiting a minefield in line astern off Bizerte
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Four
scenes of passage through the Suez Canal |
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Ceylon and on to Australia
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Personnel of ‘A’ Flt 613 squadron RAF on board Striker.
Trincomalee, November 1944 |
Captain Carne with a
senior R.A.F. officer on board Striker, Trincomalee harbour,
November 1944 |
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Crossing the line
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FENCER - At Williamstown,
Victoria to unload Deck parked aircraft - STRIKER
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Striker joins the British
Pacific Fleet
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A Corsair II of 1836
squadron from RNAS Nowra, N.S.W. noses over on Striker's flight deck
during deck landing training in Jervis Bay February 1945 - this aircraft
still bears Eastern Fleet markings having only just arrived in Austrlaia.
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Striker's Senior ratings Circa March 1945
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Casualty
handling - 'Striker' as Flag ship ACS 30, was the only CVE
operating
in the Pacific to carry a C.P.O. Sick Berth Attendant (Richard Webb)
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Replenishment Carrier duties with the BPF Air Train
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Striker at Leyte, the Philippines, April 1945 Photo © Andrew Toppam
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Above right: Spare Seafires
running up their engines ready for launching.
Above left & Below: Recovery
of 'flyable duds' from the fleet carriers.
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Shore Patrol - Members of Striker's crew ashore at
Leyte.
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Letting off steam- a game of 'touch rugby' in-between
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Sydney, August 1945 -
The war is over
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Victory Dance - Paddington Town Hall August 16th 1945
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Victory parade - August 16th
1945 VP (Victory in the Pacific) Day - RN march through Sydney |
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Strikers 'storing party' ,
under C.P.O Webb, collect stores
and equipment in preparation for
passage to Hong Kong. |
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August 27th 1945 Commodore
Carne and members of the ship’s company attended
the wedding of the ship’s Padre the Rev. Alfred
‘Dickie’ Bird RNVR, to Miss Ellie Lucas,
daughter of the Rector of St John’s Church,
Darlinghurst, East Sydney.
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Hong Kong
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Passengers to Honk Kong - left
Nurse Thompson and colleges, British nurses going to staff the colonies
hospitals. Right, Chinese refugee children returning to the the colony
from Australia.
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wo shots of the harbour -
left, 'bum' boats swarm around Striker offering their wares.
Right, a view across the harbour, the carrier
Vengeance is visible in the distance. |
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