The Dardanelles campaign could be described as one of the most famous campaigns of the First World War and has ever since been the subject of much discussion and controversy. ...
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The chase and sinking of the ‘Bismarck’
Letters – Australians at War documentary
The 1999-2000 Federal Budget provided $5 million for the production of a TV documentary series, Australians at War, which will cover the major conflicts in which Australia has participated, and ...
Obituary: Rear Admiral GV Gladstone
REAR ADMIRAL GEOFFREY VERNON GLADSTONE AO, DSC & Bar, RAN (Ret.) On Wednesday, 15 September a full naval funeral was held in the Naval Chapel, Garden Island, for a former ...
Obituary: Harry Train 1918-1999
Born: Millthorpe, October 26, 1918 Died: Balmain, May 23, 1999 Harry Train gave 30 years of his life to serving his country with the RAN. After enlisting in 1936 as ...
The Grave of Annie Dorrington – Australian Flag Co-Designer
It doesn’t mean we owe allegiance To a forgotten Imperial dream: We’ve the stars to show where we’re going And the old flag to show where we’ve been. (from a ...
NZ Scow ECHO – role in World War II
The New Zealand scow was developed from the Canadian/US log barges that plied the Great Lakes during the 1800s. First built in New Zealand in 1873 for Septimus Meiklejohn of ...