The name “Sandgate Sub-Section” of the Naval Association of Australia Incorporated has an interesting history. Prior to 1954 there was only a Queensland Section to cover all of Queensland and this was quite inadequate. In 1954 some of the Queensland Section members formed the Sandgate Sub-Section and the remaining members changed Read more…
The final stage in the $22 million restoration of Queensland’s national war memorial has commenced, with Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today joining Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to turn the first sod. Cr Quirk said ANZAC Square was a place where Queenslanders had come since 1930, to honour those who had served Read more…
The Naval Brigade. Brisbane Boys. Sailors in the Making. “Non Sibi Sed Patriae” — not for himself, but for his country — a great motto; a motto expressing the highest of ideals; the motto of the Royal Australian Navy. And it is this spirit of self-effacement that permeates the whole Read more…
Naval Brigade: Annual Training Work. Gunnery and Mine Practice. WHILE the gunboats, Gayundah and Paluma, manned by 11 officers and 102 members of the Naval Brigade under Captain Creswell [ the future Sir William Rooke Creswell ] and Lieutenant Curtis [ George Arthur Hamilton Curtis ] are cruising in Moreton Bay, Read more…
Patron Mr Rod Chaipello President Mr Henry (“Darby”) Ashton E-mail: president@navalassociationsandgate.org.au Mobile: (0437) 012 169 Secretary Mr Kevin Wilson Postal: c/- 11 Ibis Avenue, DEAGON QLD 4017 E-mail: secretary@navalassociationsandgate.org.au Mobile: (0478) 729 243 Vice-Presidents Mr Allan Bird Mr John Schultz Treasurer CMDR Darryl Neild OAM (Rtd.) Phone: (07) 3880 4220 Welfare Read more…
Guarding the Seas. Silent Work of the Navy. Commander’s Reminiscences. GREY phantom shapes moving through the morning mists, guarding the shipping lines of the seven seas, silently doing their work that the life blood of a great Empire may pulse evenly through its veins and that the humblest individual of Read more…
By FRANK C. BOWEN THOUSANDS of men and women who are now joining the naval forces find that, although they thought that they had a fair layman’s idea of the Senior Service, many of the stories that they had implicitly accepted are without foundation, and that many things are true Read more…
Navy’s War Plan Ready 20 Years: SILENT SERVICE AT SEA FROM time to time sleek grey ships slip unobtrusively into Australian ports. More instructions from land bases, all available data are checked and revised. Then to sea again. Perhaps for a day. Sometimes for an unbroken month. The Royal Australian Navy is Read more…
ALL ABOARD ON FACEBOOK The Sub-Section today commenced its journey on Facebook with the creation of an official page devoted to all things of interest to members and potential new members. It hopefully will develop as a showcase of upcoming events and news we would like to share. It joins Read more…
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