Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods OAM – A Naval Career Well Lived
Lieutenant Commander Desmond Woods OAM RAN Retirement Speech at the Commonwealth Club – 7 June 2023 By Ed. In a career in which he served in three Commonwealth navies and […]
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The Last HMAS Perth WWII Survivor Passes
World War Two’s Great Survivor Dies at 103 By Ashleigh Taylor and Tim Barlass Published in Sydney Morning Herald May 25, 2023 FRANK McGOVERN: October 1, 1919 – May 24, 2023 World […]
WA Presentation
NOC-WA held a Christmas Dinner at Fremantle Yacht Club on Thursday 9 December 2021 during which our immediate past Chairman, Commander Bob Mummery, OAM, RAN ret’d was presented with a […]
Naval Hero – Vice Admiral Sir Henry Burrell, KBE, CB
Vice Admiral Sir Henry Burrell, KBE, CB Vice Admiral Burrell shares with Vice Admiral Creswell a sense of strategic vision for Australia and its Navy. Although he commanded two successive […]
Captain Martin Toohey RAN Ret’d – Eulogy
CAPT Martin John Toohey RAN Eulogy delivered on 25 June 2021 By CAPT Dale Stephens RAN (Prepared with the assistance of CAPT Mark Fitzpatrick RAN) We have lost a fine […]
Naval Hero – Commander Maurice Samuel Batterham OBE RANVR
Maurice Batterham served as a diver and mine and bomb clearance expert for much of WWII, regularly putting his life on the line To read his story click on the […]
Naval Hero – Rear Admiral Frederick William Purves, CBE, RAN
Frederick William Purves was a civilian-trained engineer who rose to the rank of Rear Admiral. He was instrumental in a number of key developments for the RAN. To read his […]
Naval Hero – Captain Harry Howden CBE RAN
Captain Harry Howden saw extensive action in both World Wars. He was a Charismatic Warrior. To read his life story click on the heading of this article and then click […]
Guy Griffiths Reminiscences
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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 […]