Commander Rohan Edwin (Ted) Lesh RAN Rtd; 21 May 1925 – 28 November 2010
Commander Rohan Edwin (Ted) Lesh RAN Rtd; 21 May 1925 – 28 November 2010 (This obituary was first published in NOCN 84, 1 March 2011.) Ted was a soft touch […]
Author: Geoffrey Cole
Born 1945, joined RANC 1961, graduated 1964. Trained as a Supply Officer and retired in 2000.
The Coast Watchers
The Coast Watchers: Behind enemy lines; the men who saved the Pacific Book review by Jerry Lattin Lindsay, Patrick: The Coast Watchers: Behind enemy lines; the men who saved […]
This is the Way that it Happened– The unguided missile
THIS IS THE WAY IT HAPPENED … The unguided missile by Jonathan Brett Young (This article was first published in NOCN83, 1 December 2010.) It was the last opportunity for […]
The Old & The Bold
THE OLD AND THE BOLD: A.J.“Nat” Gould, aviator (This article was first published in NOCN 83, 1 December 2010.) As a teenager in Queensland during the 1930s, Arthur ‘Nat’ Gould […]
A Tale of Two Cruisers
THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE A tale of two cruisers by Colin Baxter (This Message was first published in NOCN 83, 1 December 2010.) The recent discovery of the sunken wreck of […]
VADM Sir Richard Peek, KBE CB DSC RAN ret, 1914-2010
VADM Sir Richard Peek, KBE CB DSC RAN ret, 1914-2010 (This obituary is drawn from the reminiscences of Malcolm Baird, Ian MacDougall and Ian Richards, from a report by […]
HMAS ARMIDALE – A Survivor’s Account
Armidale ‘42: A survivor’s account Book review by Jerry Lattin Col Madigan, Jan Senbergs, Don Watson. Armidale ‘42: A survivor’s account. Macmillan Art Publishing, South Yarra. 1999. 69 pp; […]
The St Petersburg Artillery Museum
St Petersburg Artillery Museum By Fred Lane (This article was first published in NOCN 82, 1 September, 2010.) “May you live in interesting times,” is a curse […]
The Path of Infinite Sorrow
BOOK REVIEW: The path of infinite sorrow: The Japanese on the Kokoda Track by Fred Lane Collie C. and H. Marutani. The path of infinite sorrow: The Japanese […]
HMAS NIRIMBA – What’s in a Name
HMAS Nirimba – what’s in a name? by Ron Robb This article was first published in NOCN 82, 1 September 2010.) Originally parts of two land grants made in […]