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Smythe, D.H.D., AO, Commodore, RAN

Personalities – The Arnold Green Legend (1940s & 1950s)

Smythe, D.H.D., AO, Commodore, RAN · Dec 5, 1996 ·

There are Fabulous Admirals and Legendary Lieutenants. In our Navy a few years ago there was a fabulous and legendary Commander. Even today, whenever officers of the Navy meet, the ...

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Naval Operations against Turkey leading to ANZAC

Smythe, D.H.D., AO, Commodore, RAN · Jun 11, 1991 ·

Originally, the Gallipoli campaign was planned to be a purely naval show. But let me go back in history a little further even than that. The Gallipoli campaign was caused, ...

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The Submarine AE2 in World War One

Smythe, D.H.D., AO, Commodore, RAN · Oct 31, 1977 ·

WHEN OUR COMMONWEALTH was proclaimed in 1901, submarines were about to begin appearing in the Royal Navy, where their introduction had been opposed for a long time. Captain Creswell, the ...

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Normandy Landing

Smythe, D.H.D., AO, Commodore, RAN · Mar 30, 1975 ·

For five days in June 1944, a young Australian Naval Lieutenant who was serving on exchange duty as the Gunnery Control Officer in a British cruiser kept a diary. Those ...

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