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Proto Oxygen Breathing Apparatus

Webmaster · Aug 8, 2017 ·

Provided by Alan Walker ‘The Proto breathing apparatus was a 2 hour duration set, and always were operated in pairs so if one got into trouble the other was a ...

Occasional Paper 12: Personal Experiences: Aftermath Of Japanese Submarine Attack: Sydney Harbour

A.N. Other · Aug 1, 2017 ·

August 2017 The following are accounts of individual contributions made by two remarkable people in the aftermath of the Japanese midget submarine attack in Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942. ...

Occasional Paper 13: Local Australian/USA Submarine Initiative Helps Turn the Tide of War Against Japan in 1942

A.N. Other · Aug 1, 2017 ·

August 2017 The following story provided by Commodore Bob Trotter OAM RAN (Ret’d), National President of the Submarine Association is about a little-known part of the shared Australia/USA submarine history ...

Occasional Paper 10: The Loss of HMAS Kuttabul

A.N. Other · Jul 18, 2017 ·

The following address was delivered Captain Christopher Skinner RAN Rtd during the 75th anniversary ceremony conducted by HMAS Kuttabul on Garden Island, Sydney 1 June 2017. Good morning to you ...

Occasional Paper 9: The Sinking of HMAS Armidale on 1 December 1942

A.N. Other · Jul 1, 2017 ·

July 2017 The following address was delivered by Dr Kevin Smith OAM to members of the Naval Historical Society of Australia in Sydney 18 April 2017. In 1798 at the ...

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