By Hubert Ernest Harrington, a Sub-Lieutenant in the Queensland Defence Force (Marine), 1900-1907 In a letter dated 14 February 1996, Commodore L H Nicholson RAN (Retd) advises: “….I have what ...
Publications
HMAS Bendigo – A RAN Corvette in Singapore – February 1942
Personalities – The Arnold Green Legend (1940s & 1950s)
Dumaresq awards and decorations donated to RAN
The awards and decorations of an Australian Rear Admiral who became one of the most innovative naval officers of his time have been donated to the Royal Australian Navy by ...
Book Review: Corvettes – Little Ships for Big Men
Title: “Corvettes – Little Ships for Big Men” Author: Frank B. Walker Published by: Kingfisher Press, 177 Sunrise Avenue, Budgewoi, NSW. 2262 The headlines on the fly sheet, “This story ...
Letters: Rush of Blood
Dear Sirs, Re page 17 of “REVIEW” Vol. 17 No. 2 of June 1996. “Rush of Blood”. I did not stand on my head during the Loyal Toast, nor did ...
Letters: Gallipoli 1936
Re your article in the March issue. I received such a surprise to read about the trip to Gallipoli in 1936 that I had to pen a reply. As you ...
Prize Money Explained
Recently, in discussing Patrick O’Brian’s books, some of the younger members of the group were intrigued – if not incredulous – when I mentioned that I had received Prize Money ...
Book Review: Commando! The M/Z Unit’s Secret War Against Japan
Title: Commando! The M/Z Unit’s Secret War Against Japan Author: A.B. Feuer This book describes the raising of Z Unit forces after Japan’s entry into World War II and contains first-hand ...
Book Review: Via Torres
Title: Via Torres Strait Author: Ian Nicholson Publisher: Roebuck Society Publication No. 48, Nambour, 1996 This book in the Roebuck Historical Series is a maritime history of the Torres Strait shipping ...
Q-ship sinks U-boat – HMS Stonecrop – 1917
Personalities – Able Seaman Thomas Bull (1882-1937)
The Great Australian Naval Board Scandal of 1913
The Naming of USS “Canberra” – 1942
The following correspondence is self-evident and highlights the warm relationship between the USN and the RAN during WWII. Canberra Dated September 1, 1942 Recd 9:43 a.m., 2nd Secretary of State, ...
Obituary: John Bastock RAN 1908-1996: Naval Artist
Letters: Naming of HMAS Warramunga
There has been a successful and happy outcome to the saga of the naming of the new Warramunga. (See the March issue of the Review, page 21). The following letter ...
Rush of Blood
Ancient Mariners have been quick to respond to my note about the Combined Service rugby dinner, when some Naval officers stood for the Loyal Toast and others followed tradition and ...
Book Review: Where the Hell is Africa?
Title: “Where the Hell is Africa?” Author: Philip Seymour Publisher: self-published “The Laws of the Navy”, a collection of verses reminiscent of Rudyard Kipling’s “Laws of the Jungle”, was written around ...
The Australian National Flag
Australians in the Royal Naval Air Service 1914-1918 (Part 2b)
HMQS “Gayundah” – Conduct Unbecoming – 1888
The High Court of Admiralty
As a result of the talk on Friday 1 March by the Honourable Kenneth Carruthers Q.C., who was formerly Judge in Admiralty on the Supreme Court of New South Wales, ...
Thomas Henry Distin Morgan – Naval Chaplain (1868-1937)
Thomas Henry Distin Morgan, born in England 28th December 1868 – son of John Furlong Morgan and Mary (Bradridge). When three months old his parents returned to their home – ...
A Memoir on Milford Sound (NZ)
Book Review: Coast Watching in the Solomon Islands 1941-1943
Title: Coast Watching in the Solomon Islands The Bougainville Reports December 1941-July 1943 Edited by: A. B. Feuer* Publisher: Praeger Publishers, 1 Madison Avenue, New York USA 10010. The diaries ...