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Occasional Paper 187: HMAS Australia – the 1940 Dakar Debacle

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Dec 12, 1993 ·

In September 1940 I was eighteen and had already served as a Midshipman in H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA for over a year. We had been attached to the Home Fleet based in ...

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Book Review: HMAS Canberra – Iron Bottom Sound

A.N. Other · Dec 12, 1993 ·

HMAS Canberra lies at the bottom of Ironbottom Sound, her eight-inch guns still reaching vainly for the Imperial Japanese enemy which surprised and overwhelmed her with a hurricane of shell ...

Battle of The Baltic 1939 – Poland & Germany

Head, Michael · Dec 12, 1993 ·

In the fifty years since World War II, many commemorative celebrations have been held to remember great battles and long campaigns. This article narrates the shortest and the first naval ...

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HMAS Nirimba – End of an Era – 1993

A.N. Other · Dec 12, 1993 ·

The Defence Force Establishment at Quakers Hill, N.S.W. spent most of its life as part of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). This is fitting since the first non-Aboriginal people to ...

Obituary: Rear-Admiral W D H Graham, CBE

Hinchliffe, L.M. · Dec 12, 1993 ·

Rear Admiral William D.H. Graham born on 3rd September, 1916 in Queensland, died on 30th August, 1993 after a long illness, in A.C.T. He had a distinguished career in the ...

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