HMAS AUSTRALIA AT PLYMOUTH TO REFIT. 1 JULY 1945, PLYMOUTH, HMAS AUSTRALIA, SENIOR SHIP OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY WHICH WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED OFF LEYTE BY A JAPANESE SUICIDE AIRMAN ARRIVED AT PLYMOUTH FOR REFITTING. THE RT HON S M BRUCE, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR AUSTRALIA, ACCOMPANIED BY ADMIRAL SIR RALPH LEATHAM, C IN C PLYMOUTH GREETED THE SHIP'S COMMANDING OFFICER, CAPTAIN J M ARMSTRONG, DSO, RAN, AND CREW ON ARRIVAL. - On right is CPO G L Rosbrook, RAN, who joined his first ship in Plymouth in 1902. He has just returned in the AUSTRALIA for the first time in 12 years

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