Rear Admiral Bryn Mussared was born in 1917 in Semaphore SA, and entered the Navy in 1932. On passing out from the Naval College, he was awarded ‘maximum time’ and the ...
Australian Units
Obituary: Commander Arthur Stanley Storey (1909 – 1995)
Navy Blue Anzacs – The RAN in the 1915 Gallipoli Campaign
Report:HMAS Sydney II-Possible and probable causes of loss
The Department of Marine Archaeology, Western Australia has produced a Report No. 104, by W.J. Olsen, investigating the possible and probable causes of the loss of H.M.A.S. “SYDNEY”. It is ...
Australian Naval History on 9 January 1996
HMAS CANBERRA, (guided missile frigate), left Sydney to be permanently base-ported at HMAS STIRLING, WA. ...
Australians in the Royal Naval Air Service 1914-1918 (Part 1)
Australian Naval History on 21 December 1995
The badly damaged hulk of HMAS DERWENT was finally scuttled, by charges set by CDT 4, in deep water to the west of Rottnest Island, WA. During the previous 10 ...
Obituary: Trevor Ernest Weaver
After a long and painful illness which he fought with characteristic courage, Trevor Weaver died September last. Our former Vice president, Librarian, Secretary, Treasurer, Committeeman ,and long time member of ...
Leading Seaman Ronald ‘Buck’ Taylor (1918-1942)
Ronald ‘Buck’ Taylor was born in Carlton, Victoria on 29 April 1918, one of ten children born to Elsie and George Taylor, and grew up in the Port Melbourne area. ...
New Clues to Fate of HMAS Sydney
Victims of the worst naval disaster in Australian history were not gunned down in their lifeboat by their German foes as was believed, claims a scientist who has analysed the ...