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MV Ramses – Blockade Runner

A.N. Other · Sep 20, 2020 ·

By Alan Bourne  This paper was prepared by Alan Bourne, son of Herbert (Bill) Thomas Bourne. Herbert was christened Hubert, which he disliked, and he enlisted in the RAN under ...

Luzon: A 75th Anniversary Australian Battlefield Tour of the Philippines – Part 2

A.N. Other · Mar 27, 2020 ·

By Paul Baker On the morning of 15 December 2019, a small ceremony was held at the Australian War Memorial in the forecourt of the Maritime Academy of Asia and ...

An Essay on the Royal Australian Navy’s Involvement in Support of the Compromised SRD Operations in Timor 1943-1945

Letter Writer · Sep 29, 2019 ·

By Sub Lieutenant Nicholas Seton RAN …I feel so sad. What a waste – what a stuff up. It makes one feel a little bitter about the poor intelligence andcommunications ...

Book review: Under the Water Under the Wire and the men who sank the Sydney

Book reviewer · Sep 5, 2017 ·

By Grahame Wilson. Self-published via Publicious P/L in 2015. Paperback, 281 pages with b&w illustrations. Available from Amazon and Booktopia and selected booksellers from $30. EBook version is also available ...

SMS Emden – Painting by Numbers

Walter Burroughs · Mar 23, 2015 ·

By Walter Burroughs The final voyage of SMS Emden and her eventual demise when cornered by HMAS Sydney is an action-packed drama which grips the imagination. Emden was a magnificent ship with a ...

Red Lead – A Cat’s Tail

Walter Burroughs · Jun 24, 2014 ·

By Walter Burroughs  One of the privileges of writing naval history is occasionally being invited to visit ships and establishments and meeting some of the fine men and women who ...

Book Review: Ray Parkin’s Odyssey

Book reviewer · Mar 24, 2013 ·

Ray Parkin’s Odyssey by Pattie Wright. Published by Pan Macmillan Australia, Sydney, 2012. Hardback of 672 pages with over 100 excellent paintings and sketches, rrp $49.99. The story of the ...

Book Review: In Good Hands – The Life of Dr Sam Stening, POW

Book reviewer · Jun 1, 2012 ·

By Ian Pfennigwerth. Published by Bellona, Sydney, 2012. Paperback, 334 pages with b&w photographs and illustrations. rrp $29.95. Also available for purchase from the author at: www.nautilushistory.com.au. In providing this biography ...

Book Review: Lost at Sea – Found at Fukushima

Book reviewer · Mar 30, 2012 ·

Lost at Sea – Found at Fukushima by Andy Millar. Published by Big Sky Publishing, Sydney, 2012 – to be launched in March. Hard cover, 260 pages with b&w photographs ...

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We Regret to Inform You . . . .

Wright, Ken · Jun 21, 2009 ·

With rising concern about the threat of Japanese militarism in the Asia-Pacific region, the Australian Chiefs of Staff sent the 2/22 Battalion AIF to Rabaul, the capital of Australian Mandated ...

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