On Wednesday, HMAS Perth III held a memorial service over the site of the wreck to honour the 375 Australians - and one cat - who died in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra.

The journey of HMAS Perth and USS Houston from the Battle of the Java Sea to the Sunda Strait, where both were sunk on the night of February 28/March 1, 1942. Credit: Royal Australian Navy.