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Black and White Photo of HMAS Bonthorpe Crew 1940

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1940

Overview

Black and white photo on cardboard backing of the crew of HMAS Bonthorpe.

Historical information

HMAS Bonthorpe (TR-8) was an Auxiliary Minesweeper requisitioned from the Albany Tug Company on 27 November 1939 and commissioned on 5 February 1940 under the command of Warrant Officer Stephen Armstrong in Fremantle. The ship swept East and West of the Western Australian coastline looking for mines. Decommissioned on 17 February 1945 Bonthorpe became part of the Reserve Fleet based at Careening Bay, Garden Island. Sold in 1947, the ship was damaged by ‘Caroomba” on 3 October 1950 during a 112km/h gale. Sold again in 1954, the ship was wrecked in 1959 at Cairns Inlet, Queensland.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2012.5.3

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Defence > Navy

Material

Cardboard

Photo Paper

Width

350 mm

Height or length

250 mm

Weight

107 g

Inscriptions and markings

"THE CREW / H.M.A.S. "BONTHORPE" / 1940 /
Back Row: SIG. R FLOOD, STK. A. BEATON, A.B. G. FRINSDORF, STK. D. ARMSTRONG, LDG. SEA. G. B. PETHEBRIDGE, / A.B. SEA. F. B. FRASER, STEW. B. CHARLES. /
CENTRE: E.R.A. G. WILLIAMS, CH. E.R.A B. BERRY, TEL. H. NORTH, STK. J. CROOKS, O. SEA. C. JOHNS, A.B. A. COATES, / A.B. R. HERITAGE, O. SEA. O. CHEGWIDDEN. /
FRONT ROW: E.R.A. A. ARMSTRONG, W.O. J. KENNY, C.W.O. S. ARMSTRONG, W. J. C. WEBB (LIEUT), P.O. T. LEWIS. /
ABSENT: COOK. B. GARDENER"

Reverse side: E.A. PARKES

Contextual Information

Keywords

HMAS Bonthorpe

HMAS Bonthorpe crew 1940

Second World War

Place made

Austria

Year

1940

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance