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Letter: Picket Boats

Letter Writer · Sep 20, 2015 ·

This letter was received from our ever helpful member Leyland Wilkinson who has recently moved from the Central Coast to Grafton.   As always the recent issue (June 2015) of ...

Book Review: The Sea Devils

A.N. Other · Sep 20, 2015 ·

The Sea Devils by Mark Felton. Published by Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2015. Softback, 320 pages with photographs, rrp $27.99. A fascinating book on the exploits of the XE Midget ...

United States Naval Base Ulithi

A.N. Other · Sep 20, 2015 ·

By Noel Burgess We might be forgiven for not knowing much about the United States Naval Base at Ulithi, as for a long time its existence was kept secret, but ...

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 ...

Admiral Sir Percy Scott – Naval Prophet

A.N. Other · Sep 20, 2015 ·

By Walter Burroughs A recent edition of the Naval Historical Review (Vol 36 No 2 June 2015) contained an article, Winston Churchill and the Navy, addressing Churchill’s relationship with the navy generally ...

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