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HMAS Adelaide I

Devotion to Duty in Darwin – Laurance Ernest Tozer RAN

Rosenweig, Paul A. · Sep 8, 2003 ·

ON TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2002, a commemorative service was held in Darwin to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the bombing of Darwin. Before the Cenotaph, former Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen ...

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Captain Harry L. Howden OBE, CBE, RAN

Howden, Patrick ffyske · Sep 1, 1999 ·

Material in this article is from a paper “Portrait of my Father” by Dr Patrick ffyske Howden and is used with Dr Howden’s kind permission. Captain Harry L. Howden was ...

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Leading Seaman Ronald ‘Buck’ Taylor (1918-1942)

Swinden, Greg · Dec 1, 1995 ·

Ronald ‘Buck’ Taylor was born in Carlton, Victoria on 29 April 1918, one of ten children born to Elsie and George Taylor, and grew up in the Port Melbourne area. ...

HMAS ADELAIDE (1922-1945)

A.N. Other · Jun 14, 1994 ·

HMAS ADELAIDE – Light Cruiser HMAS Adelaide (1922 to 1945) Painting by John Bastock Displacement: 5,560 tons standard Length: 460 ft (140.20 m) overall Beam: 50 ft (15.24 m) Draught: 18½ ...

HMAS Adelaide – Malaita Expedition 1927

Swinden, Greg · Jun 11, 1994 ·

In early October 1927 the Town Class cruiser HMAS ADELAIDE lay alongside Garden Island in Sydney, having just returned from a cruise to the Solomon Islands, when news was received ...

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MS Ramses – 1942 – Blockade Runner

Gregory, Mackenzie J. · Jul 12, 1992 ·

After being sunk whilst serving in HMAS CANBERRA on the night of 9th August, 1942, I took several weeks to return to Australia. Two weeks survivors’ leave followed, then, I ...

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Obituary: Rear-Admiral H.A.S SHOWERS, CBE

A.N. Other · Sep 11, 1991 ·

With his death an historic link with the beginning of the RAN has been severed as Rear Admiral H.A. Showers, CBE was the last survivor of the first entry of ...

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Letters – Recollections of HMAS Adelaide

Letter Writer · Jun 21, 1984 ·

The current “Review” asks for any information relating to the original HMAS ADELAIDE which may be useful in compiling a book of facts to be presented to the present day ...

HMAS Bendigo 1941 – 42

Richardson, G · Mar 31, 1975 ·

Diaries in any form were disallowed in HMA Ships during World War II but fortunately for history some were kept and many survived. One such diary was kept by C ...

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Australian Naval Aviation – Part 2

Issacs, Keith, AFC, ARAeS, Group Captain, RAAF (Retd) · Dec 31, 1973 ·

In this second part of Australian Naval Aviation, Group Captain Isaacs discusses two of the aircraft employed by Australian ships in World War I – the Sopwith Baby Seaplane and ...

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