Prior to 1988, the HMAS Canberra – HMAS Shropshire Association had been occupied in establishing memorials to both their ships at Naval establishments in each State of Australia. In March ...
Memorial
Letters: HMAS Canberra Memorial
I was interested to see in the June 1994 edition a reproduction of a memorial plate for HMAS CANBERRA at Honiara in the Solomon Islands. Having served in this ship ...
Old Sailors Memorial to Rear Admiral Sir David Martin
April 4th, 1993 was the day about 200 old shipmates and friends of Rear Admiral Sir David Martin attended a service of worship at the Garden Island Naval Dockyard Chapel ...
HMAS Sydney – Memorial
Captain Arthur Phillip – Bathampton’s link with Australia
Lone Pine wreath laying
REQUEST THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE BE PASSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA, CAPTAIN L.M. HINCHLIFFE, DSC RAN RTD. QUOTE WREATH LAYING MISSION AT LONE PINE ACCOMPLISHED. ...
HMAS Parramatta Memorial
The memorial to the three ships bearing the proud title of HMAS Parramatta will be unveiled at 11.00 a.m. on Saturday, 13th June, 1981 at Queens Wharf Steps in the City ...
Navy’s First Ship to Become City’s Hovermarine Terminal
Parramatta was being stripped before being towed to sea as a gunnery target when the State Government conceived the idea of using her and her sister ship Swan as accommodation ...