On 6th May 1942 the Captain of HMAS Maryborough, Commander Cant, sent the following signal by Aldis lamp: ‘Get all those bloody passengers into the stokehold.’ This is recorded in ...
Ship histories and stories
The Story of the Willie D
Malta Revisited
Book Review: Sydney – Cipher and Search
Admirable Ancestors
The Boatswain, the Mate, and the Kickings
The Long Journey Home – Unknown HMAS Sydney Sailor
Letters: VC for Sheehan is a Pandora’s Box
Noting the statement regarding the Sheehan’s family fight for VC, I thought that the enclosures may be of interest to your members. While there is no denying the bravery of ...
Loss of HMAS Yarra – 4 March, 1942
HMAS Yarra, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Robert ‘Oscar’ Rankin, was sunk while defending a convoy against a vastly superior Imperial Japanese Navy squadron commanded by Vice Admiral Nobutake ...
Book Review: Beneath the Dardanelles
Beneath the Dardanelles By Vehici and Hatice Basarin Published by Allen and Unwin in paperback, rrp $24.95. Reviewed by Barry Nobes This unusual book purports to present the sinking of ...
RANVR – The Forgotten Few
A Letter from HMAS Sydney
HMAS Australia – A ship for a nation
Obituary: Reinhold von Malapert
Minesweeping after WW2 – Loss of Warrnambool
The Sinking of MV Koolama, 1942
Book Review: Across the Sea to War
Across the Sea to War. By Peter Plowman. Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd (2003). ISBN 1877058 06 8 Reviewed by Sandy Saunders An interesting publication which describes in great detail the ...
