The Australian Government constituted a temporary Air Board to advise the Minister for Defence on military aviation. Two naval officers were members of the Board. ...
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Australian Naval History on 20 December 1919
After an exchange of messages between the Australian Government and the British Admiralty, it was announced that the balance of the sentences, handed down as a result of the mutiny ...
Australian Naval History on 10 December 1919
HMAS SYDNEY, (light cruiser), patrolled the Timor Sea as beacon ship for Ross and Keith Smith’s flight from England to Australia. The aviators recorded the cruiser was sighted exactly on ...
Australian Naval History on 5 December 1919
HMAS Encounter permanently transferred from the RN to the RAN ...
Australian Naval History on 6 November 1919
RADM P. E. F. P. Grant, First Naval Member, tendered his resignation. His resignation was in protest to the Australian Government demanding the Admiralty release five sailors gaoled for participation ...
Australian Naval History on 21 October 1919
Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Jellicoe, presented his report on the future development of the RAN, to the Australian Government. ...
Australian Naval History on 19 October 1919
The Australian Naval Board approved the inclusion of ‘Advance Australia Fair’ in the repertoire of RAN bands. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 October 1919
The Treaty of Versailles is signed and formally ends WWI. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 September 1919
HM Ships MARGUERITE, GERANIUM, and MALLOW, (sloops), swept for wartime mines off Cape Everard, VIC. One mine was swept and destroyed ...
Australian Naval History on 12 August 1919
Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Jellicoe, reported to the Admiralty on Australian naval defence:- ‘One of the earliest requirements of the Commonwealth is the acquisition on loan of an aircraft ...