The continual thumping of the gun line told the story. "Someone was in trouble!" The Battle of Long Tan This week in particular 18th August...
Most Australians know the words, "Frankie kicked a mine the day mankind kicked the moon." Yet what do we actually know of this? The day man...
HMAS Hobart, Never Sunk or Scuttled a fighting Ship from the start right till last. As many know in Navy's it is mainly those vessels sunk are...
The Royal Australian Navy 1939 - 1945 We infantrymen would never admit it to a sailor but quite often we have to say "thank God for the...
Category: RAN WW2 RAN in the PACIFIC WAR In the morning of 8 December 1941 Japanese troops commenced landing in Northern Malaya....
HMAS Australia SERVICE PRE-WORLD WAR II HMAS AUSTRALIA departed Portsmouth on 3 August 1928 and proceeding via Montreal, Quebec, Halifax,...
Here is another from the scrap iron flotilla, Sounds like they had a busy yet very successful fight. STUART of MATAPAN 28/29 March 1941...
THE CHOOK Never was ship more aptly named. Out in the combers of the Pacific or down among the thrashing waves of the Bight, she maintained an...
F/a 18f - ea-18g The First F/A 18F has arrived and they are setting up the second Sqdn twelve (12) Planes so the planes will come out of the...
Lieutenant General Henry Gordon Bennett, CB, CMG, DSO Date of birth: 16 April 1887 Place of birth: Balwyn, VIC Date of death: 01 August 1962...
Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges KCB CMG "The Father of the AIF". William Throsby Bridges was born at Greenock, Scotland, on 18...
Brudenell White From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White 23 September 1876 – 13...
The Australian National Football team the Socceroos have qualified for the 2010 world cup in South Africa. It is only the third time in our history...
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Miller, Ward A. (Ward Anson), 1937 The 9th Australian Division Versus the Africa Corps....
Who served where, and when ? Major campaigns and battles of WW2 that involved Australian forces and the Units that participated 1. ADVANCE...
Here is a man who gave the Aussie imagination or image so much in his very brief life. As it says he was much more than a highly decorated soldier,...
G'day not yet been released however the news doing the rounds of dome high quality military member's only site's' down in OZ is that 4RAR Commando...
I have just finished Wewak Mission, Coast Watchers at War in New Guinea. Lionel Veale (Mention In Dispatches) This book is one i couldn't put...
Hello all, My Call sign is Cobber, I have come over from WW2 talk, hope to see this site kick some great goals. Regards Cobber
First letter sent by dad from Korea to his younger brother aged 15. Letter sent early June 1952 Dad had sailed with 1RAR on the Devonshire, he was...
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