HMAS Perth I and her men: Commemorating the 70th anniversary of her loss in the Battle of the Sunda Strait - 29 February 2012

Pattie Wright. 2012 marks the 70th anniversary of the sinking of the HMAS Perth I and USS Houston in the plucky Battle of the Sunda Strait on 1 March 1942. Pattie will discuss the men's attempts to survive, escape and the POW years on the Thai Burma Railway and in Japan.

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