commemorating merchANT navy DAY Australia's wartime history is filled with stories of ordinary Australians who served our nation in extraordinary ways. Today we reflect on the crucial role that Australian and Allied merchant mariners played in wartime, facing various dangers while carrying out their duties under the most trying of circumstances. While some merchant ships were equipped with limited defensive capabilities during the Second World War, most vessels remained unarmed, leaving them vulnerable to attacks from enemy surface ships, aircraft, submarines and mines.

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