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Germany’s Surrender 60 years ago – Admiralty Signal

Thomson, Max · Sep 1, 2005 ·

A lifetime onwards, Navy men and women reflected inevitably during the month of May 2005 as to where they actually were when the German surrender brought about cessation of WWII ...

Anti-Submarine Measures from World War I

A.N. Other · Jun 30, 2005 ·

Abridged from an article in “History of the World Wars”, previously published in the RAN Corvettes Association Newsletter Vol. 1 Issue 98 and kindly permitted to be reprinted here. AT ...

Two Shipwrecks off Sydney Heads and the Building of Hornby Light

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Jun 30, 2005 ·

In 1857, two clipper ships came to grief on rocks outside Sydney Heads, and as a result of public alarm, a smallish lighthouse – Hornby Light – was erected on ...

Wounded by a Tin of Peaches

Cooper, C.G.M., CPO, RAN · Jun 30, 2005 ·

The Tobruk Spud Run 1941 The three Services, Navy, Army and Air Force were as dissimilar as chalk and cheese, yet we were all bent on one purpose, to beat ...

HMAS Adelaide 1918 – 1949

Andrews, Grahame, (Honorary Life Member) · Jun 30, 2005 ·

Although this obsolete light cruiser was not sent to the front line of any war zone in WW2, she was kept active and must be considered a lucky ship, as ...

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