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Wedderburn, the town in Australia where there has been a gold rush, was named after William Wedderburn, son of one of the 1820 Settlers who settled near Salem in the Eastern Province and suffered considerable loss in the Kaffir Wars between 1835 and 1846.
Wedderburn returned to Grahamstown, married and raised a family of seven sons and three daughters.
They were a grand Christian couple and an example to their children and grandchildren who loved them dearly, All members of the family were musical and sang and played the piano or organ with equal facility, were regular church-goers, Sunday school teachers, and choir members of the Wesleyan Methodist church.
Wedderburn continued her antisubmarine vigil while the carriers she protected launched their aircraft first against Okinawa, then Formosa, and finally Philippine targets, striking enemy air bases on Luzon and the Visayas to give the United States dominance in the air over Leyte when the invasion began on 20 October.
Thus, Wedderburn was far north when the Surigao Strait and Samar phases were fought on the night of 24 and 25 October and the morning of the 25th, respectively.
Wedderburn was one of those escorts so reassigned and consequently remained with TF 58 while the task group of cripples retired to base.
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