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You are here: Home / Article topics / Publications / Naval Historical Review / The Career of Vice Admiral Mortimer L’Estrange Silver, CBE, RN.

The Career of Vice Admiral Mortimer L’Estrange Silver, CBE, RN.

A.N. Other · Mar 3, 2012 · Print This Page

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A.N. Other
Subjects
Biographies and personal histories, WWI operations
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None noted.
RAN Ships
HMAS Sydney I, HMAS Melbourne I
Publication
March 2012 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)

Endnotes

[1]           Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

[2]           The Brisbane Courier, Thursday 8 August 1912, p 5.

[3]           The Navy List 1st July 1914, p 8.

[4]           The Argus Friday 28 March 1913, Melbourne, p 6.

[5]           Van Der Vat, The Last Corsair: The Story of the Emden, p 160.

[6]           op cit. p 5.

[7]           Silver may have been Mentioned in Dispatches for his actions on 9 November       1914, but confirmation of this has yet to be found by the author.

[8]           Swinden, A Short History of the Cruiser HMAS Melbourne 1913-1928, p 3.

[9]           ADM/196/89. His eyesight was affected by cataracts for which he underwent        treatment in 1918.

[10]         National Archives of Australia – Series A11803, Item 1917/89/445.

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