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Lot 4409 Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday 20th November) Militaria
Estimate $80
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $70
HMAS KUTTABUL TRIBUTE BOARD, features RAN ensign with brass pole, plastic and silk floral display of rose and fern, also a miniature corded lifebuoy, a brass anchor and a tribute poem, 'Ever Remembered' by Fred Morriss bordered by a tasselled cord, all affixed to a black material covered board (approx 43cm square) and at the top the name, H.M.A.S. "Kuttabul", fitted for wall hanging. Small foxing spot on ensign, otherwise good very fine.
HMAS Kuttabul was a Royal Australian Navy depot ship. During the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942, she was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of 19 RAN and 2 RN personnel and the wounding of 10 others.
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