Captain Max Hinchcliffe subtitled this talk as ‘bits and pieces, odds and ends’. It is an entertainingly personal account of his early years in the RAN, beginning as a young ...
RAN History
Personal recollections of the pre-WW2 era of the Royal Australian Navy with Admiral Sir Victor Smith AC, KBE, DSC
Victor Alfred Trumper Smith, named after his uncle Victor Albert Trumper, the great Australian cricketer, entered the Royal Australian Naval College in 1927 as a Cadet Midshipman, and became a Midshipman ...
‘The Class of 1932’ as remembered by Rear Admiral Mussared as a ‘particular year’. He traces the careers of his ‘Jervis Year’ from their arrival at the Naval College through World War 2
Brynmor Wheatley Mussared entered the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay in 1932, as a young cadet. On passing out from the college in 1935 he was awarded ‘maximum time’ ...
One of the most challenging projects undertaken by the NHSA – salvaging the bow of HMAS Parramatta I.
Lew Lind, BEM, the man who was major force in creating the NHSA, and its first president, tells the story of one of the Society’s most challenging undertakings -the salvage ...
Captain. L. M. Hinchliffe gives an account of his experiences in World War 2 from receiving a signal announcing war with Germany until the Japanese surrender
Captain. L. M. Hinchliffe DSC, RAN, called this talk is entitled `Navy Odds and Ends’. It is the second part of his account of his experiences in World War 2, ...
The RAN Band Ashore And Afloat
A summary of Australian naval involvement in world conflicts
Spectrum of Command -RANVR, RANR(S) and RAN
*The first became Australia’s Minister for Defence. * The second piloted 8463 ships of the world through our major ports to set a record that probably never will be eclipsed. ...