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Wright, Ken

The Sinking of MV Koolama, 1942

Wright, Ken · Mar 5, 2008 ·

For anyone fortunate enough to be holidaying in the top end of Western Australia and find themselves on the old section of the Wyndham pier, spare a thought for the ...

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U-859 – From Germany to Penang

Wright, Ken · Mar 4, 2007 ·

By May 1943, Germany had lost the U-boat war in the Atlantic. U-boat losses had reached an intolerable level with the loss of 38 U-boats for May alone. The Allies ...

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Sebastiano Venier-Mediterranean 1941: Tribute to an Enemy

Wright, Ken · Sep 3, 2006 ·

At the Axis held port of Benghazi in Libya on the afternoon of 8 December 1941, Italian soldiers assembled 2,000 assorted Australian, British, New Zealand and predominately South African prisoners ...

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The Kelly Story

Wright, Ken · Mar 3, 2006 ·

2 April 1937 Kelly began her life as Job number 615 at the R. & W. Hawthorn/Leslie & Company Limited shipyard at Hebburn-on-Tyne, Newcastle. She and her sister ship 614 ...

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SS William Dawes – A Ship is Burning (1942)

Wright, Ken · Sep 1, 2005 ·

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 ...

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Watchers of the Sea and Sky – 13th Radar

Wright, Ken · Jun 30, 2005 ·

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

Wright, Ken · Mar 30, 2005 ·

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

Wright, Ken · Mar 30, 2005 ·

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 ...

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