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A/Captain Ross V. Wheatley OBE, RAN: A distinguished officer wrongly criticised

A.N. Other · Sep 27, 2021 ·

By Hector Donohue and Mike Turner Ross Wheatley was born in Adelaide on 19 December 1900, joined the Naval College in 1914 and subsequently specialised as a hydrographer, qualifying as ...

The Loss of HMS Oxley 1939

Smith, Peter · Mar 16, 2003 ·

With kind permission of the Submarine Association of Australia magazine ‘In Depth’ HMS Oxley was the first British submarine casualty of the War and the circumstances of her loss were ...

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The Countess of Hopetoun Incident, December 1915

Swinden, Greg · Jun 20, 2000 ·

Dangers of Service at Sea The fire onboard HMAS Westralia in May 1998 in which four members of the RAN were killed and the loss of six yachtsman in the ...

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