The 1944 Captain’s Night Order Book from HMAS Australia was recently received by our Society from an anonymous donor. The last entry in this book is 20 October 1944, the ...
HMAS Australia II
HMAS Australia at Dakar 1940
To the current generation Australia being at war with France is unthinkable but this account of events during the early days of WW2 shows the role HMAS Australia played in ...
Kamikazes, Suicide Bombers and Us
Reminiscences about the wartime activities of HMAS Australia
Leadership: Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins
Obituary: Lieutenant W E Allen RAN (Retd) 1899-2005
Australian Naval History on 25 October 2005
A State Funeral was held at HMAS CERBERUS for Mr Evan Allen, who was the last RAN veteran from WWI, and also the last member of the Australian forces to ...
HMAS Australia – Kamikaze Attack 1944
This year (2004) marks the 60th anniversary of the first kamikaze attack on HMAS Australia. As Roger de Lisle reports, Japanese suicide pilots hurled their aircraft onto Allied ships with ...
Devotion to Duty in Darwin – Laurance Ernest Tozer RAN
Queen Bee – Radio-Controlled Target Aircraft of the 1930s
Navies ignore threat of aircraft The emergence of airpower as a formidable weapon at the end of WW I was to a large extent ignored by Allied Navies as a ...