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Swinden, Greg

Letter: Roylen Cruises – Alfred ‘Happy’ Hawkins

Swinden, Greg · Mar 24, 2022 ·

I enjoyed the article in the recent Review regarding Roylen Cruises. It reminded me that one of the youngest RAN Prisoners of War later worked as a deckhand for Roylen ...

Jan Stockwin – Naval Shipwright and Author

Swinden, Greg · Mar 24, 2022 ·

By Greg Swinden Jan (Julian) Adrian Stockwin was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England on 15 January 1944. His initial education was at an English grammar school where he performed poorly: ...

James Gorman VC

Swinden, Greg · Mar 1, 2022 ·

By Greg Swinden If not for a newly released book and the recent death of a medal collector the name of Victoria Cross (VC) winner James Gorman would have remained ...

Occasional Paper 128: HMAS Nepal

Swinden, Greg · Dec 7, 2021 ·

By Commander Greg Swinden RAN HMAS Nepal was one of eight N Class destroyers laid down in British shipyards during 1939 for service in the Royal Navy. Five of these ...

Book Review: Teddy Sheean VC – A Selfless Act of Valour

Swinden, Greg · Jun 20, 2021 ·

Teddy Sheean VC – A Selfless Act of Valour. Paperback of 379 pages by Tom Lewis. Big Sky Publishing, Newport NSW, 2021. Also available as an eBook. The author played ...

RFA Bishopdale

Swinden, Greg · Sep 20, 2020 ·

By Greg Swinden RFA Bishopdale was a Royal Fleet Auxiliary Dale class freighting tanker that saw service during the period 1939-1959. As a freighting tanker her main role was to ...

The Navy and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic

Swinden, Greg · Jun 8, 2020 ·

The world is currently combatting the Coronavirus 19 (COVID 19) which originated in China and has now spread throughout the globe. So far, Australia has fortunately been spared the worst ...

Occasional Paper 76: The Navy and the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic

Swinden, Greg · Apr 14, 2020 ·

By Greg Swinden The world is currently combatting the Coronavirus 19 (COVID 19) which originated in China and has now spread throughout the globe. Australia has fortunately been spared, so ...

Occasional Paper 50: Royal Australian Navy’s 118th Birthday

Swinden, Greg · Apr 12, 2019 ·

April 2019 On 1 March 2019 a ceremony was conducted at the Royal Australian Navy Memorial, ANZAC Parade, Canberra to mark the Australian Navy’s 118th Birthday.  The program of events ...

HMAS Sydney sailor Crosses the Bar  –  John Ravenscroft (1921 – 2018)

Swinden, Greg · Dec 10, 2018 ·

By Greg Swinden On 19 July 1940 one of the RAN’s more famous actions was fought in the Mediterranean.  HMAS Sydney’s destruction of the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, and putting ...

Commander Frederick Campbell Darley 1886 – 1926

Swinden, Greg · Jun 28, 2017 ·

Frederick Campbell Darley was born at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW on 12 February 1886, the eldest child of Cecil West Darley (Public Works Engineer) and Constance Leila Annette Darley (nee ...

HMAS Brisbane in the Far East 1925

Swinden, Greg · Mar 22, 2016 ·

 By Greg Swinden The inter war period (1919-1939) is often considered a time of little activity for the RAN, but in reality the fleet was constantly active. One of the ...

4thClass Naval Staff Clerk   Royal Aloysius Patrick Mungovan (1888 – 1919)

Swinden, Greg · Sep 20, 2015 ·

 By Greg Swinden During a recent visit to Melbourne, and a tour of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, I noticed the name of 4th Class Naval Staff Clerk Royal Aloysius Patrick ...

An Isolated War Grave: Warrant Officer John Henry Davies

Swinden, Greg · Mar 23, 2015 ·

This article was first published by the Military History & Heritage Society of Victoria and is reproduced with their kind permission and that of the author. In the far north ...

The RAN on D-Day

Swinden, Greg · Sep 24, 2014 ·

By Greg Swinden With 2014 being the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day landings it is timely to remember the part played by the Royal Australian Navy in Operation Overlord on ...

The Loss of HMS Glowworm: an Australian Connection

Swinden, Greg · Jun 24, 2013 ·

By Greg Swinden War at sea has no intermissions, none of the periods of recovery between advances or retreats that land warfare enjoys, no breaks safely behind the lines between ...

They Also Served: Supply Commander Eric Kingsford-Smith

Swinden, Greg · Mar 24, 2013 ·

By Greg Swinden The original version of this article was first published in the Supply Newsletter and has been reproduced with minor amendment. Also included is a copy of a ...

Wardmaster Lieutenant Commander E. Mullins, DSM, RAN (1882-1960)

Swinden, Greg · Jun 1, 2012 ·

THOMAS EDWARD MULLINS was born in Leicester, England on 15 May 1882 and joined the RAN as a Sick Berth Steward 1st Class on 7 May 1912. He had six ...

Farewell to the LPAs

Swinden, Greg · Mar 13, 2012 ·

CRY HAVOC IN WAR AND PEACE – FAREWELL TO THE LPAs I am just an aging LPA and in the war’s I used to sail, and I’ve been deployed to ...

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Supply Chief Petty Officer Louis Nicholas Sampson (1907-1941)

Swinden, Greg · Jun 14, 2011 ·

Louis Nicholas ‘Sam’ Sampson born at St Peters, Adelaide on 30 September 1907 was the eldest child of Nicholas and Olive Sampson. In his early childhood he lived at Crystal ...

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Australasian Naval Forces and Commonwealth Naval Forces

Swinden, Greg · Jun 14, 2011 ·

Firstly let me explain that the Australasian Naval Forces (ANF) and the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF), and vice versa, are not the same thing. Following Federation in 1901 the various ...

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They Also Served – Leading Cook Francis Bassett ‘Dick’ Emms

Swinden, Greg · Mar 10, 2011 ·

Francis Bassett ‘Dick’ Emms was born at Launceston, Tasmania on 28 November 1909, the eldest of four children of Henry Joseph Emms, a blacksmith’s assistant and tailor, and Stella Marion ...

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The Tingira Tram

Swinden, Greg · Mar 10, 2011 ·

The navies of the world are governed by rules and regulations and the RAN is no exception. Among the thousands of items of administration which have guided and directed the ...

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Erle Alwin Greglach Boyd

Swinden, Greg · Mar 21, 2010 ·

Forgotten Hero of the RAN Amongst the thousands of men and women who have served in the RAN there have been heroes and rogues, scholars and scoundrels. In a career ...

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The Australians at Jutland

Swinden, Greg · Sep 21, 2009 ·

The Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 was the major naval battle of World War I.  For a few short hours on that day the British Grand Fleet and ...

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