Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan barkewar Yakin Pacific, "Kuru" an ba shi izini a cikin RAN a watan Disamba na 1941 a matsayin jirgin ruwan sintiri na taimako. HMAS "Kuru" ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a yakin Timor
daga Mayu 1942 kuma ya kammala tafiye-tafiye da yawa zuwa tsibirin.