The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial was dedicated at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens by the Chief of the Defence Force (General Peter Cosgrove, AO, MC). Among the 35,000 names on ...
Australian Units
Australian Naval History on 23 January 2004
HMAS WARRAMUNGA, (frigate), intercepts the illegal fishing vessel MAYA V near Heard Island. Due to bad weather and heavy seas a Navy boarding party was fast roped, from a Seahawk ...
Australian Naval History on 21 January 2004
The patrol boat, HMAS GLADSTONE, (LCDR M. Moore, RAN), apprehended the illegal fishing vessel SUMUT SAKHON in the Gulf of Carpentaria. GLADSTONE was forced to fire rifle shots across the ...
Australian Naval History on 19 January 2004
The submarine HMAS DECHAINEAUX becomes the first RAN vessel to use the new Naval Ammunition Wharf at Twofold Bay, NSW. The facility was built to replace the previous ammunition storage ...
Australian Naval History on 28 December 2003
The patrol boat HMAS CESSNOCK, (LCDR R. Stevenson, RAN), rescued 13 Taiwanese and Vietnamese fishermen from the long-liner vessel PACIFIC TARKER, which had run aground on Roncador Reef, (200 miles ...
Australian Naval History on 22 December 2003
Sea King helicopters from 817 Squadron were involved in water bombing to fight several fires burning near HMAS CRESWELL, Jervis Bay, NSW. Over 100 campers, from nearby Green Patch, also ...
Confrontation-The Campaign Widens || RAN Participation 1964-66
HMAS Sydney – An End to the Controversy
Australian Naval History on 15 December 2003
HMAS Cessnock II arrived in the Solomon Islands as a part of a naval task group and ground forces to help restore law and order ...
Australian Naval History on 11 December 2003
HMAS Newcastle arrived home in Sydney from the Middle East Area of Operations. In addition to the 396 boardings the crew conducted during her deployment, three Newcastle sailors in one ...
The Sovereign’s Colours in the Royal Australian Navy 1925-2003
Australian Naval History on 22 October 2003
HMAS ARUNTA, (frigate), and HMAS TOBRUK, (landing ship heavy), arrive in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for a four-day good will visit. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 October 2003
The ANZAC class guided missile frigate HMAS PARRAMATTA, was commissioned. PARRAMATTA was laid down in Tenix Williamstown Dockyard, VIC, and launched on 17 June 2000. ...
Periscope Repair – Defects by Fin, Friend, and Feather
Devotion to Duty in Darwin – Laurance Ernest Tozer RAN
HMS Marlborough’s Account of the Iraq War, March 2003
Australian Naval History on 23 August 2003
HMAS BRUNEI departs Bougainville, bringing to an end six years of RAN support to the peace monitoring group, as part of Operation Belisi II. RAN landing craft heavy had been ...
Australian Naval History on 6 August 2003
HMAS NEWCASTLE, (guided missile frigate), enters the Persian Gulf to relieve her sister ship HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), on Maritime Interdiction Operations. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 July 2003
The patrol boat HMAS WHYALLA, (LCDR T. Byles, RAN), becomes the first RAN vessel to arrive in the Solomon Islands to support the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, ...
Australian Naval History on 24 July 2003
The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, (RAMSI), or Operation Helpem Fren, commenced. The military portion was known as Operation Anode, and saw the deployment of several RAN vessels, ...
Australian Naval History on 17 July 2003
HMAS Kanimbla II returned to Australia after conducting Operation BASTILLE in the Middle East region. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 July 2003
Operation CATALYST began with the deployment of HMAS Newcastle, to the Middle East region. ...
The Royal Australian Navy Douglas C47 Dakotas
Australian Naval History on 4 June 2003
HMA Ships GASCOYNE and NORMAN, (mine hunters coastal), visited the Cambodian port of Sihanookville, (Kampong Som). This was only the second RAN ship visit to Cambodia, since a previous one ...
Australian Naval History on 17 May 2003
HMA Ships Anzac III and Darwin returned to Australia from the Middle East region.They were the Navy’s 23rd and 24th ship deployments to the Middle East region since 1990 ...