Wright, Ken

Occasional Paper 41: SS William Dawes – A Ship is Burning (1942)

Wright, Ken · Dec 14, 2018 ·

This account records an incident in the Japanese submarine campaign off Australia and the efforts of the RAAF and VAOC to protect coastal shipping. As the attractive blonde 17 year ...

Up the Dardanelles and Back

Wright, Ken · Sep 24, 2014 ·

By Ken Wright This article covering the exploits of Commander Norman Holbrook, VC, RN, is a timely reminder of these events which occurred a century ago. Surprisingly, looking through back ...

Recommended for a High Award

Wright, Ken · Dec 10, 2010 ·

The WW II battleships of Hitler’s Kriegsmarine prowled the convoy routes of the North Atlantic, pushed beyond the Equator, challenged the enemy in the arctic blizzards of the Barents Sea ...

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Coastwatchers – Thank God Such Men Lived

Wright, Ken · Mar 21, 2010 ·

Their contribution was out of all proportion to their numbers. The Coastwatchers Memorial Lighthouse was erected in 1959 at Kalibobo Point in Madang, Papua New Guinea, by public subscription and ...

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WW1 Losses || “Too Far Away Thy Grave to See…”

Wright, Ken · Dec 21, 2009 ·

From the beginning of recorded history until now, war has been the curse of mankind and by its very nature means the death of many of the combatants and the ...

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Battle of the Bismark Sea

Wright, Ken · Dec 21, 2009 ·

‘We Sent the Japs to Hell and There They Learnt to Swim’ In 1942, the involvement of the Royal Australian Navy in operations against the Japanese in Malaya, Java, Timor, ...

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Organisation of Coastwatching in the New Guinea WW 2

Wright, Ken · Sep 10, 2009 ·

People over-impressed by spies and espionage are fond of quoting the observation attributed to the French General Napoleon Bonaparte around 1795 when he estimated that a spy in the right ...

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We Regret to Inform You . . . .

Wright, Ken · Jun 21, 2009 ·

With rising concern about the threat of Japanese militarism in the Asia-Pacific region, the Australian Chiefs of Staff sent the 2/22 Battalion AIF to Rabaul, the capital of Australian Mandated ...

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The Angels Came in Ships

Wright, Ken · Mar 21, 2009 ·

There were warning signs. The dogs sensed something was wrong, barking well after they should have settled down. The birds wouldn’t roost as they normally would. The gentle ripple of ...

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RANVR – The Forgotten Few

Wright, Ken · Dec 5, 2008 ·

When Hitler declared war on Great Britain in 1939, here in Australia, the Prime Minister Robert Menzies addressed the nation on 3 September: ‘Fellow Australians, it is my melancholy duty ...

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