AB J. Hamilton, of the New South Wales Marine Light Infantry, died at Tung Chao in China. He was the first sailor to die in an Australian expeditionary force overseas. ...
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Australian Naval History on 1 November 1900
RADM Sir Lewis A. Beaumont, KCMG, RN, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding the Australia Station. His flagship was HMS ROYAL ARTHUR. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 October 1900
The Naval Brigade of HMS POWERFUL, (a previous flagship of the Australia Station), attacked Boer positions at Lombards Kop, Ladysmith, South Africa. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 September 1900
The 600-strong Australian Naval Brigade Contingent, advanced by lighter and road to attack the Chinese Boxer fortifications at Peking. They arrived to find the fort had been taken by Russian ...
Australian Naval History on 18 September 1900
A force of 600, drawn from the Australian Naval contingents, assembled at Tientsin for the attack on Chinese Boxer fortifications at Peking. ...
Australian Naval History on 11 September 1900
HMCS PROTECTOR was commissioned as HMS PROTECTOR at Hong Kong ...
Australian Naval History on 15 August 1900
The Victorian Naval Brigade contingent to the Boxer Rebellion landed at Taku. They advanced to Tientsin next day, but fighting had ended and they were employed as police and firemen. ...
Australian Naval History on 12 August 1900
South Australian gunboat, HMCS PROTECTOR, (CAPT W. R. Creswell, RN), sailed from Sydney for China. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 August 1900
Transport 105, (the vessel SS SALAMIS), sailed from Sydney with men from the NSW Naval Brigade, (146 men), Victorian Naval Brigade, (170 men), and a platoon of Marine Light Infantry, ...
Australian Naval History on 6 August 1900
HMCS PROTECTOR, (CAPT W. R. Creswell, RN), sailed from Adelaide to China, to participate in quelling the Boxer Rebellion. ...
Australian Naval History on 31 July 1900
The Victorian Naval Brigade Contingent, for the Boxer Rebellion, sailed from Melbourne in the transport SALAMIS. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 June 1900
HM Ships LIZARD, MOHAWK, and WALLAROO, which were part of the RN Australian Squadron, were dispatched from Sydney to China, to join the squadron commanded by ADML Sir E. H. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 May 1900
CAPT William Rooke Creswell was appointed Naval Commandant of Queensland. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 April 1900
CAPT Hector McDonald Laws Waller, DSO and Bar, RAN, one of Australia’s greatest naval commanders, was born at Benalla, VIC. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 November 1899
The Naval Brigade from HMS POWERFUL, a flagship of the Australia Station, fought in the Battle of Graspan against the Boers in South Africa. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 June 1899
HMS PIONEER, (3rd class cruiser), later HMAS PIONEER, was launched at Chatham, England. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 January 1899
VADM Sir John Collins, KBE, CB, was born at Deloraine, TAS. ...
Australian Naval History on 28 April 1898
HMVS NELSON was decommissioned and sold out of service. ...
Australian Naval History on 2 February 1898
CAPT R. P. Minifie, DSC and two Bars, an Australian who served with the RNAS, was born in Melbourne. Minifie was Australia’s youngest air ace of the First World War, ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1897
RADM Hugo L. Pearson, RN, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding the Australia Station. His flagship was HMS ROYAL ARTHUR. ...
Australian Naval History on 15 October 1897
The NSW Naval Brigade, commanded by CAPT Hixson, carried out gunfiring exercises at Port Macquarie, NSW. ...
Australian Naval History on 5 September 1896
The Government of New South Wales handed over the Garden Island Naval Base to the Admiralty. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 April 1895
The RN Depot at Circular Quay, Sydney, was transferred to Garden Island. ...
Australian Naval History on 1 November 1894
RADM Cyprian A. G. Bridge, RN, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding the Australia Station. His flagship was HMS ORLANDO. ...
Australian Naval History on 22 June 1893
VADM Sir George Tryon, a former Flag Officer Commanding Australia Station, lost his life when his flagship, HMS VICTORIA, was rammed by HMS CAMPERDOWN, off Tripoli, Syria. Tryon was found ...