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Operation Rimau 1944 – Search For Grave Sites 1984

Ramsay Silver, Lynette, FAIHI · Sep 11, 1994 ·

In September 1944 the British submarine PORPOISE left Careening Bay in West Australia for the enemy controlled waters of South East Asia. On board were 23 commandos, all highly trained ...

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Heroes Too Long Forgotten

Bradford, John · Sep 11, 1994 ·

As part of the media countdown to the launching of HMAS COLLINS in August of last year, the Adelaide `Advertiser’ ran an article under the banner heading: `SUB NAME TO ...

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Biography of Lieutenant Commander R.W. Rankin RAN, and the loss of HMAS Yarra

Swinden, Greg · Sep 11, 1994 ·

“In the early morning of the 4th March, 1942 the following ships of the No. 2 Fleet were cruising in the area Latitude South 12° 15′ Longitude East 1100 10′; ...

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The Story behind the “Rising Sun” Trophy of Arms

Wilson, Maury · Sep 11, 1994 ·

On the 29th of January, 1902 Major General Sir Thomas Henry Edward Hutton, an officer of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, at the invitation of the Australian Commonwealth Government, set ...

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X-Craft: – X20 in the English Channel

Hudspeth, K.R., LCDR, RANR Rtd · Sep 11, 1994 ·

In September 1943, six X-Craft left Britain in Operation Source, aiming to attack the German battleship TIRPITZ and other capital ships in Altenfjord, some 1,000 miles away in Arctic Norway. ...

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