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HMAS Canberra I

Book Review: The Shame of Savo Island

Book reviewer · Sep 11, 1994 ·

The Battle of Savo Island in which HMAS CANBERRA was lost has been the subject of many books, analyses and articles, but in his powerful and enthralling work the author ...

Book Review: Lost ships of Guadalcanal

Book reviewer · Sep 11, 1994 ·

THE LOST SHIPS OF GUADALCANAL By Robert D. Ballard, Published by Warner/Madison Press This is another book by one of the world’s foremost oceanographers and undersea explorers. Robert Ballard is already ...

Captain Frank Edmund Getting, RAN – 1899-1942

Smith, Peter · Jun 11, 1994 ·

Frank Edmund Getting was born on 30 July, 1899, the son of Mr. and Mrs. P.E. Getting of Quarantine Street, Manly, New South Wales. In 1913 Frank applied for entry ...

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Book Review: HMAS Canberra – Iron Bottom Sound

A.N. Other · Dec 12, 1993 ·

HMAS Canberra lies at the bottom of Ironbottom Sound, her eight-inch guns still reaching vainly for the Imperial Japanese enemy which surprised and overwhelmed her with a hurricane of shell ...

Obituary: Rear-Admiral W D H Graham, CBE

Hinchliffe, L.M. · Dec 12, 1993 ·

Rear Admiral William D.H. Graham born on 3rd September, 1916 in Queensland, died on 30th August, 1993 after a long illness, in A.C.T. He had a distinguished career in the ...

Loss of HMAS Canberra – 9 August 1942

Morris, Kenneth N., Surgeon Lieutenant, RAN · Jul 12, 1992 ·

Extract from a letter written by Surgeon Lieutenant Kenneth N. Morris to a medical colleague following the sinking of HMAS CANBERRA on 9th August 1942. (Citation: AWM PR 82/86) “Doubtless ...

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Cedric Ashton

Date, John C., RANVR (Rtd) · Mar 1, 1990 ·

At the meeting of The Naval Historical Society of Australia, members have enjoyed the magical effervescence of fine art, music and naval jottings by esteemed member Cedric Ashton. In the ...

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History of Service – HMAS Canberra

A.N. Other · Sep 23, 1989 ·

This was a pictorial article published in September 1983. The format of the original article doesn’t lend itself to the conventional format, so a PDF-format copy of the article is ...

The First Battle of Savo Island 8/9 August 1942 – A Correction to the History

Date, John C., RANVR (Rtd) · Sep 16, 1989 ·

On the 8/9 August, 1942, a controversial naval battle took place in the Solomon Islands, South West Pacific. It was a rebounding success for the Japanese and a tragic loss ...

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HMAS Canberra and HMAS Shropshire Honoured

A.N. Other · Jun 16, 1989 ·

On the 4th April, 1989,a delightful ceremony took place in the precincts of the Naval Museum on Garden Island, Sydney, in the presentation of much treasured naval memorabilia. Firstly, a beautiful coloured ...

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