HMNZS Kahu (Q400) 1943-44 – Solomon Islands – Administrative base for Fairmile flotillas – she served under the operational control of COMSOPAC.
A forward base known as HMNZS Cook II had been established in February 1943 at Espiritu Santo (the largest island in the nation of Vanuatu) to handle pay accounts, mail, and other administration for the 25th Minesweeping Flotilla. The staff and equipment of the base were transferred to Tulagi (a small island, 5.5km by 1km, in the Solomon Islands) in September 1943.
On arrival in the Solomon Islands staff were based at the HMNZS Cook II Shore Establishment on Tulagi Island for the first month. The base was then shifted to Renard Sound in the Russell Islands (located approximately 48km northwest from Guadalcanal) and renamed Kahu. For accounting and administrative purposes, ML400 was commissioned on the 1st of April 1944 as HMNZS Kahu. Staff were based in the Solomon Islands at Kahu until the 20th of October 1944, exactly one year since he joined ML411.
Full story of Jack (excerpt above) can be found here – https://rnzncomms.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/jacks-war-1941-1946-medium-resolution.pdf
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