Truimph and Tragedy – HMAS Yarra at War
With the tattered fragments of the white ensign still flying, the YARRA slid beneath the waves at 8 am. Rankin’s defiant gesture, which cost the lives of 117 of the […]
Surgeon Lieut-Commander Samuel Edward Lees Stening DSC VRD RANR
DSC for gallantry and resolution whilst serving in HMAS PERTH lost by enemy action in the Far East on 1st March 1942.- (DSC, London Gazette 19 March 1946, presented by […]
No Contest! The US Navy Destroys Australia’s Special Intelligence Bureau
It happened in ‘Monterey’ a long time ago – 70 years ago this October to be precise, in a block of apartments on Melbourne’s Queens Road. ‘Monterey’ had been requisitioned […]
MHHV 2012 Conference proceedings: Australia 1942: In the Shadow of War
Cambridge University Press will publish the proceedings from the Military History and Heritage Victoria 2012 conference Australia 1942: In the Shadow of War, in November 2012.
The bombing of Darwin 19 February 1942 – The RAAF experience
Shortly before 1000h on 19 February 1942, 188 Japanese carrier aircraft arrived over the port city of Darwin and began attacking naval and civil shipping, harbour facilities and the city […]
The Battles of the Java Sea: Allied Naval Defeat, December 1941-March 1942
In relating and explaining our naval history to Australians, one is faced with several problems. The first is that the average person knows next to nothing about it. Despite the […]
Enemy Submarine Activity off the Australian Coast in WW2. By Mackenzie Gregory.
Introduction. When Japan made her sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday December 7th. 1941, not only did she precipitate the United States into WW2, but they probably decided their […]
A Wintery Tale: Rome falls but no end in sight
Monte Cassino was the cornerstone of the German defensive system known as the Gustav Line and, while it remained intact, it prevented any further advance on Rome from the south […]
