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 […]
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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 […]
THE WAY IT WAS: Anecdotal reflections on HMAS Nirimba, 1984-1987
THE WAY IT WAS: Anecdotal reflections on HMAS Nirimba, 1984-1987 By Ralph Derbidge (This article was first published in NOCN 85, 1 June 2011.) Around the time HMAS Nirimba, the […]
Proud to Serve
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THE WAY IT WAS: Government House, Sydney under the most recent Naval Governor of New South Wales, 1991-1996
THE WAY IT WAS: Government House, Sydney under the most recent Naval Governor of New South Wales, 1991-1996 By Ralph Derbidge (This article was first published in NOCN 84, 1 […]
THE OLD AND THE BOLD … Stephen Dearnley: survivor, publisher, motorcyclist, yachtsman and boatbuilder
THE OLD AND THE BOLD … Stephen Dearnley: survivor, publisher, motorcyclist, yachtsman and boatbuilder (This article first appeared in NOCN 84, 1 March 2011.) Stephen Dearnley’s life has been […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Relative in Peking: MIDN Arthur Leslie Walker
A relative in Peking: MIDN Arthur Leslie Walker by John Ellis (Leslie Walker was a cousin of John Ellis’s grandmother.) (This article was first published in NOCN 82, 1 […]