SBLT S. J. Goble, an Australian serving in the RNAS, shot down a German LVG bomber near Ghistelles. Goble was flying a Sopwith Ship’s Pup ...
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Australian Naval History on 21 September 1916
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), joined the Second Light Cruiser Squadron for operations in the North Sea. The squadron was based at Rosyth, Scotland. ...
Australian Naval History on 18 September 1916
CPO Stoker Charles Varcoe, of HMAS AE2, (submarine), died while a POW in the Turkish POW Camp at Belemedik. He was the first of four AE2 men to die as ...
Australian Naval History on 19 August 1916
HMAS AUSTRALIA and HMS NEW ZEALAND, (battle-cruisers), narrowly avoided torpedoes fired by German submarines when they steamed into an ambush off Terschelling, in the North Sea. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 August 1916
The River class torpedo boat destroyer HMAS SWAN, (LEUT E. M. Mortimer, RN), was commissioned. SWAN was laid down in Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, on 22 January 1915, and launched ...
Australian Naval History on 14 August 1916
HMA Ships HUON, SWAN, and TORRENS, (torpedo boat destroyers), joined the contraband patrol at Sandakan. ...
Australian Naval History on 8 August 1916
HMAS MELBOURNE, (cruiser), arrived at Devonport, England, for refit and modification. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 August 1916
The Australian Naval Board took over the wireless-manufacturing workshops of Father A. J. Shaw at Randwick, NSW. For the first two years of the First World War a large proportion ...
Australian Naval History on 20 July 1916
The RAN Bridging Train maintained bridges across the Suez Canal for the army fighting in the Sinai. Heavy air raids were experienced at El Shatt and Port Tewfik during this ...
Australian Naval History on 7 July 1916
The Australian Government introduced the Active Service Moratorium Regulations, exempting members of the RAN, and the Army, and their dependents, from repaying the principal of any mortgage until six months ...