The following is a chapter from the biography of Harvey Wilmot, ‘I’ll tell the world’ written by his son Jeff Wilmot. Harvey Wilmot served as a telegraphist in the Royal; ...
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Occasional Paper 155: Patrolling Northern Australia
By John Jeremy The work of patrolling the seas to the north of Australia has become a major task for the RAN and the Australian Border Force. It is easy ...
The bizarre story of HMAS STALWART and 300 tons of rotten onions
In 1939 Sydney had a shortage of onions. A period of drought had affected the Victorian crop, and in order to fulfil the demand for the 20, 000 tonnes of ...
Letter: A Christmas Story
In the December 2019 edition of this magazine we ran a ‘Christmas Story’ relating to the naval service of Temporary Lieutenant Ernest Joseph Huson Christmas RANVR. Lieutenant Christmas was in ...
Letter: Ben Boyd National Park
An email was received from a member relating to the story contained in the September 2022 issue of this magazine What’s in a Name: The Ben Boyd National Park. This ...