Commander Felicity Petrie

Royal Australian Navy

Commander Felicity Petrie, RAN, is a Weapons Electrical Engineer Officer who has served in several Anzac Class frigates, including as head of the weapons engineering department on HMAS Arunta (II), across maritime South East Asia, the Middle East and on the Australian Station. She is currently the Australian War Memorial Navy Fellow. 

Artwork by Alan Moore of HMAS Arunta patrolling the Admiralty Islands

The Arunta Log

The Tribal Class destroyer served widely and with distinction in Australia’s north in 1944.

By Commander Felicity Petrie

Second World War 1939 - 1945