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 [ 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
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