H.M.A.S. WarramungaPrint Page 
The plaque commemorates the personnel who served on H.M.A.S. Warramunga between 1942 and 1959.
The plaque location is indicated by the red poppy in the second image.
H.M.A.S. Warramunga (I44 / D123) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built during World War Two, the destroyer entered service in late 1942. She was initially assigned to convoy escort duties, but was assigned to the joint Australian - American Task Force 74 in 1943, and was involved in supporting numerous amphibious landings through the South-east Asian region until the end of the war.
From 1950 and 1952, H.M.A.S. Warramunga fought in the Korean War, then was converted into an anti-submarine destroyer. Returning to service in 1954, the destroyer was one of the first RAN ships to operate with the Far East Strategic Reserve, and undertook two tours with the organisation before she was decommissioned in 1959 and sold for ship breaking in 1963.
Location
| Address: | Fairbairn & Limestone Avenues, Australian War Memorial Sculpture Garden, Campbell, 2612 |
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| State: | ACT |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.279626 Long: 149.147118 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 17th October, 2003 |
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In memory
HMAS Warramunga
1942 - 1959
Tribal Class Destroyer
Battle honours
Pacific Ocean 1942 - 45 New Guinea 1943 - 44 Leyte Gulf 1944
Lingayen Gulf 1945 Japan 1945 - 50 (British Commonwealth Occupation Force)
Korea 1950 - 52 Malaya 1955, 1957 - 58 (Far East Strategic Reserve)
Paid off into reserve 1959 Disposed for scrap 1963
