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Australian Units

Occasional Paper 1: Battle of Australia Day Commemoration

A.N. Other · Sep 7, 2016 ·

By Commander Rebecca Jeffcoat, RAN Sydney 07 Sep 16 Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, First I would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people, the Traditional Custodians of this Land on ...

Letter: River Cruises and the Big River

Letter Writer · Jun 23, 2016 ·

Two letters have been received in response to Leyland Wilkinson’s article on ‘River Cruises and the Big River’. These important contributions are from officers with first-hand experience of navigating far ...

Operation DAMASK: RAN Operations Against Iraq During The Gulf War

A.N. Other · Jun 22, 2016 ·

By SBLT Nathan Willrow, RAN Following completion of secondary education at Melbourne High School Nathan gained entry to the University of Melbourne where he graduated as a Bachelor of Science ...

Simply a Question of Duty: A Coastwatcher in North Australia Part 2: Coastwatching on Groote Eylandt during WWII

A.N. Other · Jun 22, 2016 ·

By John Harris Japan’s sudden entry into WWII, threatening the whole Pacific region, galvanised Naval Intelligence into immediate action to formalise and expand the old pre-war Coastwatcher program in coastal ...

HMAS Melbourne in WWI – a Diarist’s Perspective

Kingsley Perry · Jun 22, 2016 ·

By Kingsley Perry  George Henry Iles was born at Norwood, Surrey on 11 December 1883 and later joined the Royal Navy where he became a cook. On 14 October 1912 ...

Bill Boas and the Waree

Editorial Staff · Jun 22, 2016 ·

Cyril Maurice (Bill) Boas was born on 10 December 1899 at Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, in southern India. He was the first of four children born to Captain John and ...

River Cruises and the Big River

A.N. Other · Mar 22, 2016 ·

By Leyland Wilkinson There are many rivers in the world with clear access from the open sea for ocean going vessels, and over the years units of the Royal Australian ...

HMAS Brisbane in the Far East 1925

Swinden, Greg · Mar 22, 2016 ·

 By Greg Swinden The inter war period (1919-1939) is often considered a time of little activity for the RAN, but in reality the fleet was constantly active. One of the ...

The Missing DDG

A.N. Other · Mar 22, 2016 ·

By John Smith A question was recently posed why hull number 40 is not used by HMA Ships. The DDGs Perth 38, Hobart 39 and Brisbane 41 are to be followed by the ...

The New Guinea Diary of LCDR Clarence Hansby Read, RANR 1914-1915

Editorial Staff · Mar 22, 2016 ·

The manuscript of Read’s diary was acquired by the Mitchell Library in 1919 for the sum of £30. It lay undisturbed for nearly a century until transcribed into digital format ...

‘Simply a Question of Duty’ A Coastwatcher in Northern Australia Part 1: Coastwatching Before World War II

A.N. Other · Mar 4, 2016 ·

By John Harris Around Australia’s northern coast and islands before and during World War II a small band of civilians in remote locations was asked to volunteer as official Coastwatchers. ...

Book Review: Not a Real War – A Sailor’s Experiences in a Soldier’s War

Book reviewer · Mar 1, 2016 ·

Not a Real War – A Sailor’s Experiences in a Soldier’s War by Paul Longley. Published by Book Pal, Brisbane, 2015. Paperback, 224 pages with b & w photos. Available ...

Commander J. M. Jackson, RN – Sixteen years on the Australia Station

A.N. Other · Dec 21, 2015 ·

By Leyland Wilkinson  On 18 March 1918 the Sydney Morning Herald briefly reported the death in England on 7 March of Commander J .M. Jackson, RN. It stated: He had ...

Women in the Royal Australian Navy

A.N. Other · Dec 21, 2015 ·

By MIDN M. S. SCHIMMEL, RAN  – WINNER OF THE NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIZE  Midshipman Mariella Savanna van der Riet Schimmel hails from Perth where she commenced a science degree ...

Australian Naval History on 4 December 2015

On This Day · Dec 4, 2015 ·

HMAS Adelaide III commissioned ...

Australian Naval History on 7 November 2015

On This Day · Nov 7, 2015 ·

HMAS Sydney IV decommissioneon thisd. ...

Letter: Picket Boats

Letter Writer · Sep 20, 2015 ·

This letter was received from our ever helpful member Leyland Wilkinson who has recently moved from the Central Coast to Grafton.   As always the recent issue (June 2015) of ...

HMAS SydneyII vs HSK Kormoran

A.N. Other · Sep 20, 2015 ·

By MIDN H. F. Roberts, RAN In joining the RAN MIDN Hannah Roberts follows her grandfather’s footsteps. She grew up on a eucalypt plantation in Maryborough, Queensland and received her education ...

The Role of the Admiralty in the Loss of HMAS Sydney

Kirsner, Professor Kim, (UWA) · Sep 20, 2015 ·

By Kim Kirsner Kim Kirsner is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame and from 1972-2006 was Professor at the School of Psychology, University of ...

HMAS Tobruk (L 50) 23 April 1981 – 31 July 2015 Faithful and Strong “first in and last out”

A.N. Other · Sep 20, 2015 ·

  By John W. Wells HMAS Tobruk was built at Carrington Slipways, Tomago, NSW. She was laid down in 1978, launched in 1980, and commissioned on 23 April 1981. As a ...

Australian Naval History on 31 July 2015

On This Day · Jul 31, 2015 ·

HMAS Tobruk II decommissioned ...

Australian Naval History on 1 July 2015

On This Day · Jul 1, 2015 ·

July 2015 ADV Cape Byron was loaned to the RAN for 2 years by the Australian Border Force *Exact date in month unknown ...

HMAS Bundaberg 2007–2014

A.N. Other · Jun 23, 2015 ·

By John Jeremy Thankfully it is a rare occurrence for the loss of a naval ship in peacetime but in this edition of the Review we report on the loss of ...

Letter from HMAS Yarra II survivor

Editorial Staff · Jun 18, 2015 ·

 After lying dormant for many years a 73 year old letter written by a survivor from HMAS Yarra II has recently surfaced.The original recipient of the letter, George Vooles died in ...

The Battle of the Coral Sea

A.N. Other · Jun 18, 2015 ·

 MIDN Lachlan Montgomery joined the RAN in February 2014 coming from a family of five in Ringwood Victoria. His father is a serving member of the Victorian Police Force and ...

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