Colin Randall, one of our venerable archivists, discovered some newspaper cuttings from well over a century past which perhaps reminds us of how things were done when a celebration was ...
Garden Island (NSW) Navel Chapel
A Tribute to Norman Rivett
Norman (Norm) Rivett, an esteemed founding father of the Naval Historical Society, passed over the bar on 8 March 2021 just shy of his 96th birthday. He will be ...
Book Review: A History of the Naval Chapel, Garden Island
A History of the Naval Chapel, Garden Island Author – Norman C Rivett Reviewed by LCDR Ron Robb, RAN, Rtd. A detailed history of the Naval Chapel on Garden Island ...
Garden Island Naval Chapel & Chapel of Remembrance
Letters – Quickmatch and Chapel Windows
I have received the March 1997 issue of the “Naval Historical Review”, which I am glad to note is up to the usual high standard. I would like to comment on ...
Memorial Window – RAN destroyers
At the Chapel of Remembrance, Garden Island, Sydney on Sunday, 15th July 1997 a memorial window commemorating the fifteen RAN destroyers which served in World War II was dedicated and ...
Letters – Chapel Windows – what about Quickmatch?
The September 1996 issue of the `Navy Review’ proudly displays the glass windows depicting the `V’ & `W’, `N’, and Tribal Class destroyers, and rightly so. But, as a past crewman ...
Thomas Henry Distin Morgan – Naval Chaplain (1868-1937)
Thomas Henry Distin Morgan, born in England 28th December 1868 – son of John Furlong Morgan and Mary (Bradridge). When three months old his parents returned to their home – ...