The first memorial service for the crew lost when HMAS GOORANGAI was sunk in collision with coaster DUNTROON, on 20 November 1940, was held at a memorial erected on the ...
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Australian Naval History on 30 October 1987
Principal Chaplain A. W. (Bill) Rosier retired from the RAN after 22 years service. Chaplain Rosier joined the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney as Hospital Chaplain. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 October 1987
A plaque to commemorate Canonbury Hospital at Darling Point, Sydney, was unveiled by Sir Kempson Maddox, senior medical officer of the hospital in WWII. Canonbury was commissioned as a naval ...
Australian Naval History on 14 October 1987
The Minister for Defence, Mr. Kim Beazley, announced a $50 million upgrade for the RAN’s Hydrographic Branch, following the introduction of LADS, (Laser Airborne Depth Sounding). ...
Australian Naval History on 11 October 1987
VADM Sir Alan McNicoll. KBE, CBE, GM, Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau, former Australian Ambassador to Turkey, Chief of the Australian Naval Staff, died in Canberra. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 October 1987
The Bay class mine hunter inshore HMAS SHOALWATER, (LEUT J. R. Griffith, RAN), was commissioned. SHOALWATER was laid down in Carrington Shipyards, Newcastle, New South Wales, and launched on 20 ...
Australian Naval History on 3 October 1987
The eight members of the RAN who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, were honoured with a welcome home parade for all Australian Vietnam veterans, through the streets of ...
Australian Naval History on 24 September 1987
The RAN’s three surviving Bell UH1B Iroquois helicopters flew their farewell flight over Canberra on withdrawal from service. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 August 1987
Two crewmen from the Oberon class submarine HMAS OTAMA, (LCDR R. Taubman, RAN), lost their lives, in heavy seas off the east coast of Australia, when OTAMA dived while they ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1987
As safety and supportability issues caught up with the ageing Wessex’s, National Task duties were transferred to 817 Squadron and 816 Squadron decommissioned ...