HMAS Swan II

Devotion to Duty in Darwin – Laurance Ernest Tozer RAN

September 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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Some Truths About Darwin and the Air Raid – 19 Feb 1942

June 9, 2002

The Harbour The hospital ship Manunda arrived at Darwin on 14th January 1942. That day she received instructions that lighting was to be reduced as much as possible, i.e. this

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The 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the RAN Participation

September 7, 2000

The recent controversy about the use of foreign marching bands at the Opening Ceremony (accent on the first syllable!) of the Sydney Games took me back in time to the

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Australians in the Royal Naval Air Service 1914-1918 (Part 1)

December 31, 1995

[Ed:Permission to reproduce this article in part or as a whole must be obtained from the Society.] INTRODUCTION A very neglected area of Australian Naval history is the contribution made by

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HMAS Dubbo – Past and Present

December 11, 1994

The Fremantle Class Patrol Boat HMAS DUBBO is celebrating her 10th Anniversary of Commissioning during 1994. As part of this special anniversary year, the ship’s company of the Darwin based

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HMAS Swan II

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