Hi all I am sure there will be many who will appreciate that the banner of H.M.A.S. Shropshire is still proudly carried in the Anzac march today in Melbourne, Vic. Shropshire, a heavy cruiser, was previously HMS Shropshire and spent several years after the outbreak of WWII in the South Atlantic. In 1942, after a re-fit she was handed over to the Australian Navy previously having played a leading part in the collapse of the Italian Empire - she continued up to 1945 in helping to bring down the Japanese imperial forces. Indeed, a chequered history. Further info can be obtained by going to http://www.navy.gov.au/spc/history/ships/shropshire.html Regards Graham Melbourne Oz