| Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
| Type | Boom Defence Vessel |
| Class | Bar |
| Pennant | Z 69 |
| Built by | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co. Ltd. (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 21 Jun 1939 |
| Launched | 4 Nov 1939 |
| Commissioned | 27 Mar 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Brisbane in 1971. |
Commands listed for HMAS Koala (Z 69)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. John Brodie Marshall, RANR(S) | 28 Sep 1941 |
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