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Obituary: Commander Leslie Brooks RAN (1900-1996)

Newspaper, Sydney Morning Herald · Mar 6, 1997 ·

Leslie Brooks was one of the best-known figures of Sydney’s Anzac Day marches with his snowy beard and ramrod straight presence. Brooks joined the Navy at 14, served in two ...

Obituary: Ian Hunter McDonald RAN (1915-1996)

A.N. Other · Mar 6, 1997 ·

On 25 November 1996, 55 years to the day of the sinking of HMS Barham, in which he was serving and when 862 of his shipmates lost their lives, Captain ...

Female Submariners

Periodical, In Depth (Submarine Association of Australia) · Mar 6, 1997 ·

In the last issue, Vol. 17 No.4 (December 1996) we published an article, “Harmony at Sea”. There is ongoing debate in various foreign navies on the merits of whether women ...

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Huon Class Minehunters – Launching of HMAS Norman

A.N. Other · Mar 6, 1997 ·

At the “keel laying” ceremony of H.M.A.S. “Norman”, the third minehunter of the HUON Class, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Rod Taylor AO, pressed a button thus giving ...

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The Naming of USS Canberra (Follow-up Article)

Bradford, John · Mar 6, 1997 ·

I read with interest the file correspondence on the naming of the USN Cruiser, the USS Canberra in the September 96 issue. In June 1994 while at US Naval Institute ...

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