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Occasional Paper 161: HMAS Tobruk (II) Recognized for Operation SOLACE Service

Editorial Staff · May 2, 2023 ·

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HMAS Melbourne Refugee Rescue Mission

A.N. Other · Jun 19, 2021 ·

  By John Ingram ‘Oh, hear us when we cry to thee, For those in peril on the sea’. Some of the immortal words of the Naval Hymn composed by ...

Commander Guy Alexander Beange DSC RAN

A.N. Other · Dec 19, 2020 ·

By Hector Donohue  Commander Guy Alexander Beange DSC RAN served with the Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War and trained as a Fleet Air Arm ...

Occasional Paper 75: The Vietnam War and the Royal Australian Navy

A.N. Other · Apr 14, 2020 ·

The following address was delivered by Captain Ralph T. Derbidge MBE RAN (Retired) at the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance to mark Vietnam Veterans Day on 18 August 2010.  It describes ...

Book review: Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Royal Australian Navy in Vietnam 1965-72

Book reviewer · Mar 28, 2020 ·

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Royal Australian Navy in Vietnam 1965-1972. Second Edition. By John R. Carroll. First published in 2013, this second edition has been revised with ...

Israeli Naval Submarine Dakar

Editorial Staff · Mar 27, 2020 ·

Earlier this year (2019) while filling in time during heavy morning traffic in Haifa and passing the Naval Museum a tour guide related a story about the conning tower from ...

Big wave of destruction

David Stratton · Dec 24, 2018 ·

A voyage from Fremantle to Cocos Islands to farewell the Royal Yacht SS Gothic at the successful end of Queen Elizabeth II’s first visit to Australia ended badly when two ...

Occasional Paper 30: HMAS Hobart

David Stratton · Oct 29, 2018 ·

Several events concerning the three HMA Ships Hobart come together with a memorial and commemoration service at the Garden Island Chapel on Sunday 22nd July starting at 10.00am. HMAS Hobart ...

Occasional Paper 36: HMAS Sydney (III) Delivery to Australia 1949

David Stratton · Sep 29, 2018 ·

Our thanks go to Debbie Irwin for the letter by her uncle, Stoker Mechanician James (Jim) Ashwood of HMAS Sydney (3) to his sister Nancy dated 8 May 1949 about ...

The Unit Citation for Gallantry of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam Extraordinary and Gallant

A.N. Other · Sep 24, 2018 ·

By CDR Ian (Max) Speedy, DSC, RANR With the passing of the years, we tend to forget just how defining the Vietnam War was in so many aspects. It was ...

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