ON TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2002, a commemorative service was held in Darwin to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the bombing of Darwin. Before the Cenotaph, former Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen ...
Naval history
Torpedo Pioneers – 14 November Anniversary
Extract from The Times of London, 14 November 2002. Forwarded by David Simmonds (Member, WA) A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE has been noticed on the anniversaries of two of the pioneer developers ...
The Senior Service – Why is the Navy so often called?
A SURE WAY OF ENSURING RAGE from Army colleagues is for a Navy member to start up a discussion as to the order of protocol for a march, or a ...
HMS Marlborough’s Account of the Iraq War, March 2003
Johnnies – Royal Naval House, Sydney
Reverend A. Hilliard recalls the amenities of the place (located in Clarence Place, Sydney) towards the end of WW2. Extract from his memoirs of HMAS Junee 1944-5 ON OVERNIGHT ‘LIBERTIES’ ...
Advice to the Young
North Borneo Patrol Malaysia/Indonesia Confrontation
Early in the Confrontation campaign 1963-66 a large proportion of the Far East Fleet was employed in actively patrolling the coastline of Malaysia and North Borneo – which had its ...