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David Stratton

Cadet Midshipmen at Flinders Naval Depot, Victoria, 1939

David Stratton · Feb 21, 2025 ·

The photo shows a group portrait of Cadet Midshipmen at Flinders Naval Depot, Victoria, 1939. The Cadets who were the third year class in 1939 and who originally joined the ...

The RAN and Cyclone Tracy 1974

David Stratton · Dec 26, 2024 ·

During the early hours of Christmas Day 1974, devastated the city of Darwin with winds in excess of 160 knots, killing 49 people ashore and a further 16 at sea. ...

Bathurst Class Corvettes

David Stratton · Nov 10, 2024 ·

When war looked imminent after the Munich crisis in 1938, the Royal Australian Navy realised it needed a fleet of escort ships to guard convoys and keep the sea lanes ...

Obituary – Graeme Andrews OAM 1938–2024

David Stratton · Oct 9, 2024 ·

GRAEME ANDREWS: 1938–2024 Graeme Andrews developed a passion for the sea early in life and became one of the country’s foremost authorities on maritime heritage. Through his writing, research, and ...

Auster shootdown over Sydney in 1955

David Stratton · Sep 26, 2023 ·

FOR more than three hours on a fine, calm August morning in 1955, the eyes of Sydney’s suburbia were fixed skyward, anxiously watching the flight of a pilotless Auster aeroplane ...

Royal Australian Navy – the first 75 years

David Stratton · Apr 29, 2023 ·

The history of the Royal Australian Navy from creation in 1911 to 1986. This history was developed through historic footage and interviews, as well as ships and people filmed in ...

The bizarre story of HMAS STALWART and 300 tons of rotten onions

David Stratton · Dec 14, 2022 ·

In 1939 Sydney had a shortage of onions. A period of drought had affected the Victorian crop, and in order to fulfil the demand for the 20, 000 tonnes of ...

Occasional Paper 141 : The tradition of Colours and Sunset

David Stratton · Jun 29, 2022 ·

This short account of the May 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea focuses on the strategically significant outcomes of the battle and how they related to the future of World War 2 and Australians in particular. ...

Occasional Paper 140 : The Factors that Led to the Formation of the RAN in 1911

David Stratton · Jun 29, 2022 ·

This short account of the May 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea focuses on the strategically significant outcomes of the battle and how they related to the future of World War 2 and Australians in particular. ...

Ultra and the Battle of the Atlantic – The True Story

David Stratton · May 30, 2022 ·

Ultra and the Battle of the Atlantic – The True Story By Tim D. Lyon “The Battle of the Atlantic was the dominating factor all throughout the war. Battles might ...

Occasional Paper 139 : Robert John Dowey

David Stratton · May 24, 2022 ·

This short account of the May 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea focuses on the strategically significant outcomes of the battle and how they related to the future of World War 2 and Australians in particular. ...

NHSA Youtube Channel

David Stratton · Oct 28, 2021 ·

The Naval Historical Society of Australia now has a Youtube Channel where we will be posting videos and creating playlist of other interesting videos Click here for the NHSA Youtube ...

Australians at War Film Archive

David Stratton · Oct 28, 2021 ·

11,000 hours 2,000 interviews 1,000,000 stories Told by the people who lived them In over 2000 interviews, this Archive encompasses our wartime history from World War One to Afghanistan. It includes the battlefront, the home ...

Lieutenant Commander Michael T Hickie R.N, R.A.N, Ret’d. D.S.C, Arctic Star, Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy

David Stratton · Oct 16, 2021 ·

Michael Timothy Hickie was born on 17th October 1922, in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, North West India. His parents were both from distinguished British Raj families. Mike was then educated in UK, ...

Navy Birds Return to their Nest – Navy News Paper article August 1958.

David Stratton · Oct 4, 2021 ·

After a glamorous six months’ cruise in H.M A.S. Melbourne, the Air Group returned to its nest at Albatross on July 20. At 7.30 in perfect weather, 11 Sea Venoms, ...

Navy Chopper Rescues RAAF Sabre Jet Pilot

David Stratton · Oct 3, 2021 ·

Navy Chopper Rescues RAAF Sabre Jet Pilot Navy News March 1963 Another Royal Australian Navy “first” was recorded last week when one of the Navy’s new Westland Wessex helicopters went ...

1986 RAN Fleet Review Programme

David Stratton · Sep 8, 2021 ·

The programme is available via the following link 1986 RAN Fleet Review Programme.pdf ...

VADM Sir Victor Smith – From Sea to Chair in Colourful Career

David Stratton · Aug 27, 2021 ·

In 1970 Sir Victor Smith spoke on personal re­collections of his career in the RAN when he accepted an invitation to address the newly formed Naval His­torical Society of Australia, ...

Action of Cape Spada – 19 July 1940

David Stratton · Aug 22, 2021 ·

Plan for operations against enemy submarines and shipping in the Aegean. On 18 July 1940, four destroyers departed Alexandria for an anti-submarine hunt towards the Kaso Strait and then along ...

Bombardment of Bardia, 21 June 1940.

David Stratton · Aug 22, 2021 ·

Operation MD 3 Bombardment of Bardia, 21 June 1940. An Allied force sailed on 20 June 1940 to carry out operation MD 3, the object was to destroy military objectives ...

Rear Admiral Herbert James Buchanan

David Stratton · Aug 15, 2021 ·

Herbert James Buchanan was born in North Fitzroy in Melbourne on 10 March 1902 and briefly attended Scotch College before joining the Royal Australian Naval College as a thirteen year old ...

News reel of the surrender ceremony on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945.

David Stratton · Aug 5, 2021 ·

Produced by United News, it features the speech made by General Douglas McArthur. The background music is “With Honour Crowned”. ...

Reunion for Rescue of Vietnamese Refugees (MG99) by HMAS Melbourne, 21 June 1981

David Stratton · Jul 16, 2021 ·

On Sunday 21 June 1981 HMA Ships Melbourne and Torrens were participating in Exercise Starfish 81 in the South China Sea when they rescued 99 Vietnamese refugees, now known as ...

The HMAS Australia II Story by Kez Hasanic

David Stratton · Jul 10, 2021 ·

HMAS Australia May 4 1942

Online presentation about HMAS Australia II by Kez Hasanic. The HMAS Australia II Story ...

Derek Holyoake and the torpedoing of HMAS Hobart in 1943

David Stratton · Jun 28, 2021 ·

Derek Holyoake enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy on July 8, 1940 at the age of 16 and was serving onboard HMAS Hobart when she was torpedoed on July 20, ...

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