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HMAS Anzac Framed Certificate of "Freedom of the Municipality of the Town of Albany"

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Town of Albany

c. 1996

Overview

Wooden framed certificate presented by Mayor Annette Knight to Captain Les Pataky of HMAS Anzac on behalf of the Town of Albany. Signed by Mayor Annette Knight and the Town Clerk. The crests of the Town of Albany and HMAS Anzac appear on the left-hand side of the document, below which appear the signatures of Mayor Annette Knight and the Town Clerk. Details of the Council decision and a statement granting the “Freedom of the Municipality of the Town of Albany" appear on the right-hand side of the document.

Historical information

HMAS Anzac III (FFH 150) was launched on 16 September 1994 by Lieutenant Colonel V. Statham, better known as Vivian Bullwinkle, and commissioned on 18 May 1996. The first of 10 ANZAC Class frigates she was built by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria. HMAS Anzac’s motto is “United We Stand” and she was the ‘First Lady of the Fleet”, being the oldest ship in the fleet between15 June 2023 and her decommissioning on 18 May 2024.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-1996.6.12

Item type

Certificates

Themes

Defence > Navy
Social History

Material

Glass

Paper

Wood

Width

275 mm

Height or length

355 mm

Weight

766 g

Inscriptions and markings

"Town of Albany / At a meeting of the Council of the / Municipality of the Town of Albany / held on the 26th day of March 1996, / in recognition of the status of adopted ship and / effective from the date of commissioning on the / 18th day of May 1996, / it was resolved that the Mayor, Councillors and / Citizens of the Town of Albany / hereby confer upon / the Captain, Officers and Sailors of / Her Majesty’s Australian Ship / ANZAC / in perpetuity, / the privilege, honour and distinction of the / Freedom of the Municipality of the Town of Albany / with the right of entry on Ceremonial Occasions in / full panoply.
In witness hereof: / The Common Seal of Town of Albany / was hereto affixed by authority / of the council in the presence of: / Annette Knight / Mayor / R W Jefferies / General Manager/Town Clerk"

Contextual Information

The certificate reflects the granting of the right of entry to the Town of Albany, the departure point for the First and Second Convoys in 1914 and the ship’s ceremonial home port.

Keywords

HMAS ANZAC "Freedom of the Municipality of the Town of Albany"

HMAS ANZAC

Freedom Of Entry

Town Of Albany

Albany Mayor Annette Knight

Place made

Albany
Western Australia
Australia

Year

c. 1996

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance