As this edition of the Review contains an in-depth article on Cape York and Somerset it is opportune to include this discussion point. An example of one of the many ...
HMAS Moresby I
The Moresbys and Norfolk Island
Last Link With HMAS YARRA Gone
On 23 July 2005, Mrs Molly McLean (the widow of LCDR R W Rankin, RAN) passed away in Charters Towers, QLD. She was 92 years old. Molly was born Mary ...
Devotion to Duty in Darwin – Laurance Ernest Tozer RAN
Letters – Japanese surrender in Timor
There was a uniqueness about the RAN involvement in the Japanese surrender ceremonies in Timor, raised in Peter Evans’s (Fairmile Association) letter in REVIEW Vol 19 No. 2 when he ...
Letters – The Pathos of Palawan
As usual Max Thomson has entertained us with an interesting story ‘The Pathos of Palawan’ (Vol. 19, No. 1, (January) 1998). Although not part of the main story, he touches ...
Obituary: Geoffrey Ingleton 1908-1998
The Last Chapter of HMAS Moresby II
The first page of the last chapter has just turned over as 1997 will be the final year for HMAS MORESBY (II). She is due to pay off in November ...
Biography of Lieutenant Commander R.W. Rankin RAN, and the loss of HMAS Yarra
Lieutenant-Commander R.W. Rankin of HMAS Yarra
On 14th August, 1992, shortly after HMAS CRESWELL’S annual Passing Out Parade, Miss Trish Rankin presented her father’s medals to Captain C.S.H. Harrington, RAN, Commanding Officer of HMAS CRESWELL. Fifty ...