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 […]
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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 […]
Captain FN Cook DSC RAN – A Fortunate Naval Career in WW2
Frederick Norton Cook joined the Royal Australian Naval College as a Cadet Midshipman in 1919. In 1936 he served as Flag Lieutenant to the Fleet Commander, Rear Admiral WTR Ford CB, onboard HA/L4S […]
A SUNSET BANYAN
byTom de Voil, Nicholson VIC I was MEO of HMAS Duchess in 1972 and we were secured alongside in the Stores Basin in Singapore when it was similarly busy. We […]
THIS IS THE WAY IT HAPPENED: James Bond and Me
By Jonathan Brett Young (This article was first published in NOCN 85, 1 June 2011.) In the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, the villain, Emilio Largo, played by the striking […]
A TALE FROM THE ISLANDS … Our man on Vella Lavella – and the unexpected guests
(This article was first published in NOCN 85, 1 June 2011.) Newsletter 84 published on 1 March 2011 contained a review of Patrick Lindsay’s new-release The Coast Watchers: Behind enemy […]