The December 2023 edition of this magazine contained an article titled Newcastle Reminiscences, compiled from the recollections of 97-year-old Mrs Thelma Tame. Her uncle was the late Major William Sticpewich ...
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Occasional Paper 163: Able Seaman Frank McGovern OAM 1919 – 2023
By Commander Steve Youll OAM RAN (Retd) Frank McGovern, at 19 years of age joined the Royal Australian Navy on the 30 August 1939. After initial training he was posted ...
When the German paratroopers invaded Crete, Lew Lind was taken prisoner, but escaped
In 1941, Australian, British, New Zealand, Greek and German soldiers fought a savage battle for possession of the island of Crete. The result was another evacuation by sea of defeated British soldiers, and the ...
Lieutenant Commander John Goodwin made a daring escape from a Japanese POW camp in Hong Kong
Lieutenant Commander John Goodwin OBE, RNZVR gave a first-hand account of his escape from Hong Kong in July 1944, after having been captured by the Japanese on Christmas Day, 25th ...
‘The Skiff Party’ by Pattie Wright
The true story of two English children fleeing the Japanese out of Singapore on the ill-fated SS Vyner Brooke Her first book ‘Men of the Line’ resulted from a simple ...