This account records an incident in the Japanese submarine campaign off Australia and the efforts of the RAAF and VAOC to protect coastal shipping. As the attractive blonde 17 year ...
Up the Dardanelles and Back
By Ken Wright This article covering the exploits of Commander Norman Holbrook, VC, RN, is a timely reminder of these events which occurred a century ago. Surprisingly, looking through back ...
Recommended for a High Award
Coastwatchers – Thank God Such Men Lived
WW1 Losses || “Too Far Away Thy Grave to See…”
Battle of the Bismark Sea
Organisation of Coastwatching in the New Guinea WW 2
We Regret to Inform You . . . .
The Angels Came in Ships
RANVR – The Forgotten Few
The Sinking of MV Koolama, 1942
U-859 – From Germany to Penang
Sebastiano Venier-Mediterranean 1941: Tribute to an Enemy
The Kelly Story
SS William Dawes – A Ship is Burning (1942)
Watchers of the Sea and Sky – 13th Radar
Ken Wright revisits one of Australia’s first coastal radar stations and remembers the time when busy shipping lanes were menaced by enemy ships and planes. The Japanese submarine I-25 lying ...
German Prisoners of War in Australia WW2
After the sinking of HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran in 1941, a considerable number of Kriegsmarine survivors were rescued and became prisoners of war. This account details some of their ...
Hitler’s Indian Ocean Grey Wolves
BY MAY 1943, Germany had lost the Battle of the Atlantic. U-Boat losses had reached an intolerable level for the Germans with the loss of 38 U-Boats for that month ...