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The Koolama Incident

Editorial Staff · Sep 27, 2021 ·

One of the most intriguing wartime dramas occurred off the Western Australian coast in February 1942 concerning attacks made by Japanese aircraft on the motor vessel Koolama. The story of ...

Mission Creep in the Dardanelles

A.N. Other · Sep 27, 2021 ·

By CMDR Max Speedy DSC RAN Rtd Captain Arthur Edward Dunn CBE RD ADC RNR was married to my great-aunt and as a result I have his voluminous papers and ...

Melville Neilson Cumming: An Albany hero known by many names

A.N. Other · Sep 27, 2021 ·

By David Theodore, Curator, Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum Melville, Skinny or Bob? Over a lifetime a person can be identified by a number of names. From all official documents ...

A/Captain Ross V. Wheatley OBE, RAN: A distinguished officer wrongly criticised

A.N. Other · Sep 27, 2021 ·

By Hector Donohue and Mike Turner Ross Wheatley was born in Adelaide on 19 December 1900, joined the Naval College in 1914 and subsequently specialised as a hydrographer, qualifying as ...

Tulagi: an Historic Outpost of Empire A little island with a big history

A.N. Other · Sep 27, 2021 ·

Tulagi is one of more than 900 islands and atolls in the nation of the Solomon Islands, a beautiful archipelago stretching over 1,400 kilometres in the Coral Sea. It lies ...

The Battle of Cape Spada – 19 July 1940 Part 1: The Genesis of Italy’s Light Cruiser Force

A.N. Other · Sep 27, 2021 ·

By Andreas Biermann Introduction This article is the first of two that aim to provide a new perspective on the Battle of Cape Spada on 19 July 1940, one of ...

A Mortar Mystery

Editorial Staff · Sep 27, 2021 ·

In November 2020 the Naval Historical Society was approached by colleagues from across the Tasman for help in finding a Mortar Mark 10 which was required for their museum. During ...

Naval Sub Lieutenant awarded the Distinguished Service Order

A.N. Other · Sep 27, 2021 ·

By Colin Randall Many years ago I was involved in the coal mining industry based in the Hunter region and became a member of the Newcastle Club. The club remembers ...

The First Duke of Edinburgh in Australia

Kingsley Perry · Sep 1, 2021 ·

The death of Prince Philip on 9 April 2021 at the age of 99 gave rise to considerable interest in his association with Australia. This was described in an article ...

Book Review: Right Man, Right Place, Worst Time

Book reviewer · Jun 29, 2021 ·

Right Man, Right Place, Worst Time. By Betty Lee, Boolarong Press, Tingalpa, Queensland, 2019. Paperback, 318 pages, with sketch maps and photographs. Available from booksellers and publisher rrp $32.00. Along ...

A Warship named Bradman

A.N. Other · Jun 29, 2021 ·

By John Smith  One would have thought that the Australian Fleet would have been proud to have a warship named BRADMAN to honour our most famous cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman. ...

HMAS Quickmatch to the Rescue

A.N. Other · Jun 29, 2021 ·

Also published as Occasional Paper 156, March 2023 By Max Hayles and R.C.H. Mason The first part of this story by Max Hayles appeared in the June 2007 edition of ...

Leonard Roy McLeod – Soldier and Sailor

Editorial Staff · Jun 29, 2021 ·

A recent photograph of some veterans at the 75th anniversary celebrations of the great Battles of Leyte Gulf showed Rear Admiral Guy Griffiths and ex-Able Seaman David Mattiske who both ...

The Grounding of HMAS Adelaide (II) FFG01

A.N. Other · Jun 29, 2021 ·

By Phillip Hart with contribution from Greg Mapson This article is a personal recollection of the grounding of HMAS Adelaide that occurred nearly forty years ago. SBLT Phillip Hart was ...

Quarantine and the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020

Editorial Staff · Jun 29, 2021 ·

The spread of Coronavirus and its worldwide impacts have brought home the need for quarantine as a means of segregating those with suspected infection from the general population. This paper ...

Letter: The World’s Deepest Shipwreck

Letter Writer · Jun 20, 2021 ·

One of our most senior members, David Mattiske, who served in HMAS Shropshire in the Battle of Leyte Gulf and who maintains a keen interest in news from this famous ...

Letter: Commander Frederick Campbell Darley RN: More News

Letter Writer · Jun 20, 2021 ·

An article by Greg Swinden appeared in the June 2017 edition of this magazine outlining the story of Commander Frederick Darley RN who played a significant part in the establishment ...

Book Review: Aus-Ships 2021: Fifth Edition

Book reviewer · Jun 20, 2021 ·

Aus-Ships 2021: Fifth Edition by Robert Fildes and Rex Cox. The previous edition was offered as a CD and now this revised and improved edition comes as a USB. This ...

Book Review: Mutineers – A True Story of Heroes and Villains

Kingsley Perry · Jun 20, 2021 ·

Mutineers – A True Story of Heroes and Villains. Paperback of 320 pages by Robert Hadler, published by Wilkinson Publishing Pty Limited, Victoria 3000. Available from booksellers, rrp $28.75. The ...

Book Review: Teddy Sheean VC – A Selfless Act of Valour

Swinden, Greg · Jun 20, 2021 ·

Teddy Sheean VC – A Selfless Act of Valour. Paperback of 379 pages by Tom Lewis. Big Sky Publishing, Newport NSW, 2021. Also available as an eBook. The author played ...

The Remarkable Cavaye family

A.N. Other · Jun 20, 2021 ·

A colleague from the United Kingdom conducting research into wartime submarine losses recently contacted the Society seeking information on the Australia- born captain of HMS Tempest which was lost in ...

Port Clearance Parties – the Australian Connection

A.N. Other · Jun 20, 2021 ·

By Hector Donohue Port Clearance Parties, or P Parties, were established in the Royal Navy (RN) in late 1943 and were trained to clear the ports and harbours of Northern ...

George Hermon Gill: Writer of History

Editorial Staff · Jun 20, 2021 ·

The name George Hermon Gill might mean little to a new generation of men and women serving in the RAN but in your careers you will almost certainly come across ...

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 ...

The Distribution, Design, Construction and Sustainability of Indigenous Watercraft in Australia: Part 2

A.N. Other · Jun 19, 2021 ·

By David Payne This is a continuation from Part 1 of this series which was published in the March 2021 edition of this magazine. The dugout canoes from the top ...

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