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3 unusual facts about HMAS Patricia Cam


HMAS Patricia Cam

Kentish was flown to Dobo in the Aru Islands where he was interrogated, including the frequent use of beatings, for several weeks, before being executed by his captors on or about 4 May.

After commissioning into the RAN on 3 March 1942, HMAS Patricia Cam was based in Darwin, where she was mainly used to transport supplies to small communities and military outposts.

On 22 January 1943, while near the Wessel Islands off the north coast of the Northern Territory, Patricia Cam was attacked and sunk by a Japanese floatplane.



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