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Obituary: Admiral Sir Anthony Synnot KBE AO (1922-2001)

A.N. Other · Dec 9, 2001 ·

Born at Corowa, NSW and educated at Geelong Grammar School. Anthony Synnot joined the RAN as a cadet midshipman in 1939 as a Special Entry and trained in Britain with Prince ...

Biography of Lieutenant Commander R.W. Rankin RAN, and the loss of HMAS Yarra

Swinden, Greg · Sep 11, 1994 ·

“In the early morning of the 4th March, 1942 the following ships of the No. 2 Fleet were cruising in the area Latitude South 12° 15′ Longitude East 1100 10′; ...

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Occasional Paper 147: The State Funeral Gun Carriage

NHSA Webmaster · Mar 19, 1981 ·

By Harry Adlam While watching the television coverage of the funeral of the late Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma a question arose in my mind. Why were the men of ...

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