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Book Review: The Rattlesnake

Book reviewer · Sep 3, 2006 ·

The Rattlesnake by Jordan Goodman. Published by Faber and Faber 358 pages, illustrated.ISBN 1 5712 1973 2 Reviewed by Graeme Andrews. Who was Owen Stanley that he could get a ...

The Moresbys and Norfolk Island

Doyle, J.J., A.M, Captain, RAN (Rtd) · Sep 3, 2006 ·

HMAS Moresby was named for Admiral John Moresby, RN. It was the third ship to carry that name; the first, HMS Moresby, a World War I destroyer, had the distinction ...

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Sebastiano Venier-Mediterranean 1941: Tribute to an Enemy

Wright, Ken · Sep 3, 2006 ·

At the Axis held port of Benghazi in Libya on the afternoon of 8 December 1941, Italian soldiers assembled 2,000 assorted Australian, British, New Zealand and predominately South African prisoners ...

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Captain Francis Hixson VD RN and the NSW Naval Forces

Haken, J.K., Dr · Sep 3, 2006 ·

Francis Hixson served for fifteen years in the Royal Navy, rising to ship’s Captain and taking part in many surveys in the Pacific. He resigned to become Superintendent of Pilots, ...

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Women in the RAN – a Personal Perspective

A.N. Other · Sep 3, 2006 ·

By Telegraphists S.V.T and D.G.H. This article first appeared in the Australian War Memorial publication HMAS in 1943. Ed. During the Great War of 1914-18, several new auxiliary services were ...

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