The RAN Bridging Train commenced the removal of stores from Gallipoli in preparation for the evacuation. ...
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Australian Naval History on 1 October 1915
The RAN Bridging Train was heavily shelled and bombed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. ...
Australian Naval History on 6 September 1915
The RANBT suffered its second fatality in two days of heavy shelling, at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli Peninsula. CPO E. C. Perkins was killed, and later buried in Hill 10 Cemetery ...
Australian Naval History on 21 August 1915
The RAN Bridging Train was engaged in salvaging torpedo boats, barges and small craft wrecked during a fierce storm which struck the beaches of Gallipoli. ...
Australian Naval History on 7 August 1915
The RAN Bridging Train landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. The force was used in building wharves and pontoons, and unloading supply ships. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 July 1915
Transfer of the RAN Bridging Train for service with the Army on Gallipoli was approved by the Admiralty. The train handled the building of jetties and berthing facilities, and the ...
Australian Naval History on 3 June 1915
The RAN Bridging Train, (formed from members of the RAN Naval reserve), were embarked on the PORT MACQUARIE, for service in Gallipoli. ...
Australian Naval History on 25 April 1915
The submarine HMAS AE2, (LCDR H. Stoker, RN), penetrated the Dardanelles while the first ANZAC troops were storming ashore at Gallipoli. After evading Turkish warships and mines, she broke through ...
Australian Naval History on 28 February 1915
The RAN Bridging Train, (RANBT), was formed in Melbourne under the command of LCDR L.S. Bracegirdle. The unit was to be a mounted engineering unit made up of RAN Reserve ...
Australian Naval History on 24 May 1914
The RAN’s first two submarines, AE1 and AE2, arrived in Sydney after a record voyage from England. Within a year both submarines had been lost on active service, with AE1 ...