Graeme Andrews describes the unknown fleet that performed the important supply route from Cairns to Darwin . At 1000 on 19 February 1942 the Northern Territory port town of Darwin ...
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TITANIC in the OUTBACK – A literary observation
by Walter Burroughs In the far west of New South Wales, near its border with South Australia, lies the city of Broken Hill. Being much closer to Adelaide than Sydney, ...
HMAS FALIE and the Pacific War – Part 2
by Lyn O’Grady Having been requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy to act as an examination vessel at the entrance to Sydney Harbour from 1940, HMAS Falie began a new ...
FULL CIRCLE – Part II: To Hell, and then home by submarine
Tony Vine continues the story of Able Seaman Hilton (Harry) George Weigand, RAN When the Burma railway was completed, Harry Weigand and most of the men were moved to Tamarkan ...
HMAS KANIMBLA (II) and HMAS MANOORA (II)
Origin: In Australian service HMA Ships Kanimbla and Manoora were employed as LPAs (amphibious transports). Both were originally constructed for the United States Navy (USN) as members of the ...