By Midshipman Michael Carpenter, RAN. Midshipman Michael Carpenter was born and raised in Adelaide, completing his secondary studies in 2007. Michael studied commerce at the University of South Australia in ...
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HMAS Perth: Night Bombing at Alex
May 1st [1941] was celebrated in great style with the greatest display of fireworks I’ve yet seen. We arrived safely in Alex at 0730 and tied up at the fairway ...
HMAS Perth: Battle of Matapan
HMAS Perth: Malta – Hell in Grand Harbour
HMAS Perth: 1941-Norris’ reflections
I pray we never have to face again all we went through in those savage seven months. “Malta” – the realisation of what we were up against – just previous ...