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Letter: RANC 1946 Cook Year Entry

Letter Writer · Dec 27, 2023 ·

Commodore ‘Toz’ Dadswell AM RAN Rtd, one of the stalwarts of the 1946 Cook Year, has picked us up on a few errors in an article published in the September ...

Letter: The Big Guns of Tarawa

Letter Writer · Jun 30, 2023 ·

I’m reading the latest NHR after having read the latest CTH and Buzz, and the Occasional Papers/articles, and they’re all excellent – of a high standard and an enjoyable read, ...

Letter: The Newport Ship

Letter Writer · Jun 20, 2023 ·

 I was very interested to see the article on the Newport Ship in our recent journal. I saw the timbers in tubs in Newport in 2005 and had a good ...

Letter: Rookwood Cemetery

Letter Writer · Mar 2, 2023 ·

Dear Editor, The similarities between the Rookwood Cemetery, described in the article by Mark Bundy (December 2023 issue, p. 31), and the Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey, England, caused me to ...

Letter: A Christmas Story

Letter Writer · Dec 7, 2022 ·

In the December 2019 edition of this magazine we ran a ‘Christmas Story’ relating to the naval service of Temporary Lieutenant Ernest Joseph Huson Christmas RANVR. Lieutenant Christmas was in ...

Letter: Ben Boyd National Park

Letter Writer · Dec 7, 2022 ·

An email was received from a member relating to the story contained in the September 2022 issue of this magazine What’s in a Name: The Ben Boyd National Park. This ...

Letter: MV Fairsea and Fire at Sea

Letter Writer · Dec 7, 2022 ·

Dear Walter, Great news that you have defeated those devilish termites, and returned to your home base (the Boatshed). The interesting article in the September Review on MV Fairsea by ...

Letter: Carry on Cruising

Letter Writer · Sep 16, 2022 ·

Dear Editor  In my welcome and informative June edition of the Review your article on the cruise ship industry was of special interest to me, as along with others I ...

Letter: Enderby Island

Letter Writer · Jun 20, 2022 ·

Having read about the Enderby family in the Journal (NHR March 2023) I feel I must let you know that I have visited Enderby Island. In 2005 I joined a ...

Letter: British cutlasses – Heritage Arms Society SA

Letter Writer · Mar 24, 2022 ·

I write to draw your attention and that of your members to the imaginative and important project being coordinated by the Heritage Arms Society, South Australia. This aims to collect ...

Letter: Ikara

Letter Writer · Mar 24, 2022 ·

I recently received the excellent work Ikara by Angus Britts which rightly and effectively highlights the development of the Ikara weapons system. The book also highlights the forerunner of Ikara, ...

Letter: Exmouth Gulf – Submariners’ Haven – Onslow

Letter Writer · Mar 1, 2022 ·

Dear Editor, With reference to the Fuel Storage Tanks segment of the Exmouth Gulf – Submariners’ Haven article by Colin Randall published in the December edition of the Naval Historical ...

Letter: Lieutenant Commander Ernest Thomas Lees DSO RANR

Letter Writer · Dec 29, 2021 ·

Dear Editor Regarding the article on Lieutenant Commander Ernest Thomas Lees DSO RANR in the September 2021 NHR (‘Naval Sub Lieutenant awarded the Distinguished Service Order’), I have unearthed some ...

Letter: Lew Lind

Letter Writer · Dec 29, 2021 ·

Dear Walter, Re LEW LIND Thank you for your reply, 15 September 2021, I would be honoured if you used my letter as a Letter to the Editor in your ...

Letter: A Mortar Mystery:

Letter Writer · Dec 29, 2021 ·

Hi Walter, Some time ago I photographed both the Cowra Limbo mounting and a twin 4.7in. mounting. This latter had no splinter shield but was surely a Tribal. Both items ...

Letter: Rethymnon – More on Lew Lind

Letter Writer · Dec 29, 2021 ·

Dear Walter I just wanted to thank you sincerely for your help. I seem to have involved you and members of your family considerably in the search. Perhaps you would ...

Letter: HMVS Cerberus and her Flag

Letter Writer · Sep 27, 2021 ·

The following email was received from Jim Lorrimar of Perth, Western Australia. With regard to the June edition of the NHR which I recently received, I was admiring the Australia ...

Letter: The World’s Deepest Shipwreck

Letter Writer · Jun 20, 2021 ·

One of our most senior members, David Mattiske, who served in HMAS Shropshire in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and who maintains a keen interest in news from this famous ...

Letter: Commander Frederick Campbell Darley RN: More News

Letter Writer · Jun 20, 2021 ·

An article by Greg Swinden appeared in the June 2017 edition of this magazine outlining the story of Commander Frederick Darley RN who played a significant part in the establishment ...

Letter: Formation of the Royal Australian Navy

Letter Writer · Dec 20, 2020 ·

Re: Naval Historical Review Vol. 41 No 73 Sept. 2020, An Essay on the Forming of the Royal Australian Navy by Midshipman Lloyd Skinner Dear Editor I read Lloyd’s essay ...

Letter: The Palace letters

Letter Writer · Sep 20, 2020 ·

On 14 July 2020 previously secret correspondence between the then Governor General Sir John Kerr and Her Majesty the Queen was published by the National Archives of Australia 45 years ...

Letter: The 9/11 Boatlift

Letter Writer · Dec 25, 2019 ·

Almost coincidentally we recently received correspondence from two readers, Megan Hughes and Tony Maskell, asking if we had knowledge of the 9/11 Boatlift Memorial in New Jersey. We trust the ...

An Essay on the Royal Australian Navy’s Involvement in Support of the Compromised SRD Operations in Timor 1943-1945

Letter Writer · Sep 29, 2019 ·

By Sub Lieutenant Nicholas Seton RAN …I feel so sad. What a waste – what a stuff up. It makes one feel a little bitter about the poor intelligence andcommunications ...

Letter: The Moresby Disc at Somerset

Letter Writer · Sep 2, 2019 ·

As this edition of the Review contains an in-depth article on Cape York and Somerset it is opportune to include this discussion point. An example of one of the many ...

Letter: Up and Downers

Letter Writer · Sep 2, 2019 ·

We had quite a few responses to the article on Up and Downers in the June 2019 issue with the following which addresses most issues. Dear Editor I enjoyed the ...

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