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This photograph shows Gladys Marriott, aged 15, in the potato fields of her father's property in Moorabbin. Her cousin Graeme (centre) and younger brother Alfred (right) are with her. Moorabbin is a suburb in the City of Kingston that was originally established as a rural market gardening communityThe Marriott property in Moorabbin was adjacent to a secret wartime wireless receiving station established in March 1942 in Chesterville Road, Moorabbin. The station was established on requisitioned market garden properties, and soon housed WRAN (Women's Royal Australian Navy) personnel and up to 35 US Navy servicemen. The Navy personnel intercepted Japanese coded communications and then despatched these by motorbike messenger to Queens Road, St Kilda where the Directorate of Naval Communications and the code-breaking unit called FRUMEL (Fleet Radio Unit - Melbourne) were housed. The information intercepted by the wireless receiving station helped shape the Allied response to Japan's advances in the Pacific. Declassified defence records show that this unprepossessing station handled some of World War II's most sensitive secrets, however the local community were unaware of its significance. Gladys Marriott, working on her father's property, would regularly take the family's cows to graze in the fields adjoining the station with no concept of what the Navy personnel were doing. Black and white photograph of a young woman and two small boys standing around a wooden crate filled with potatoes. They each have potatoes in their hands. They are standing in a field. Handwritten in red ink: A 601 / 72% Handwritten in black ink: CHAP 6. Handwritten in black ink: GLADYS STOTT (MARIOTT) / DURING WAR YEARS / With Spybase Storymarket garden, children, farming, local production, world war ii, wireless receiving station, moorabbin

Index, ill, maps, p.654.non-fictionThis volume tells briefly the story of the Royal Australian Navy and of Australian naval policy between the wars, and then records the part played by the ships and men of that Navy on every ocean and particularly in the eastern Mediterranean and Indian and Pacific Oceans from 1939 until the end of the first quarter of 1942. When the volume ends most of the surviving ships are on the Australia Station again and the Japanese fleets dominate half the Pacific Ocean and the seas to the north of Australia. The author describes not only the actions of the Australian ships but the problems and policies of the British fleets of which they often formed a part, and discusses the strategical and administrative questions encountered by the senior leaders in Australiaworld war 1939-1945 - australia, royal australian navy - history

Ill, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia

Ill, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia

Ill, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia

Ill, p.200.non-fictionThe Royal Australian Navy during World War Tworoyal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia

Ill, maps, p.71.non-fictionA history of the Royal Navy with an emphasis on the Second World Warroyal navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - britain

Index, ill, p.287.non-fictionA biography of Horatio Nelson - famed English Admiralgreat britain - history - naval - 19th century, admirals - great britain - biography

briefings: agusta/grumman s.211 jpats, fft lass, su-27 ‘flanker’ – naval developments, an-26 ecm/elint, iraqi and kuwaiti mirage f1s at war – feature, combat report: indian peackeepers in sri lanka, efa feature, hms ark royal photo feature, focus aircraft: mikoyan mig-29 ‘fulcrum’ (46 pages), variant briefing: sikorsky h-53 family, qatar emiri air force photo feature, swiss vampire retirement feature, air power analysis: continental usaf

briefings: mil mi-28n ‘havoc’, 188th fighter squadron – new mexico’s ‘killer scouts’, us naval air warfare center-aircraft division pax river, rq-1a predator uav enters usaf service, raf marham reconnaissance wing feature, focus aircraft: northrop grumman b-2 spirit (50 pages), kaman sh-2g seasprite feature, harpoonex – p-3 orion in action photo feature, variant briefing: panavia tornado part 2 – adv versions, air power analysis: south america part 2

briefings: chengdu f-7mg, shenyang j-8iim, chinese helicopter developments (z-8, z-9 and z-11), northrop grumman f-14d ‘bombcat’, air power analysis update: greece, falklands garrison feature, focus aircraft: mcdonnell douglas ah-64 apache (62 pages), air force of zimbabwe feature, variant briefing: sukhoi su-27 part 2, french naval aviation photo feature, air power analysis: thailand

HMAS Sydney built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend on Tyne, United Kingdom Launched 22 September 1934 Engaged and sunk Bartolmeo Colleom 19 July 1940. On 19 November 1941 South West of Carnarvon Western Australia she was lost at sea with all hands after engaging the German raider Kormoran. On 19 November 1941, HMAS Sydney, a light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy with an impressive record of war service, was lost following a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran in the Indian Ocean off the Western Australian coast. The loss of the Sydney with its full war complement of 645 remains Australia’s worst naval disaster. The Kormoran was also sunk, but 317 of its crew of 397 were rescued. The fate of the Sydney remains one of Australia’s greatest wartime mysteries; even the location of the wrecks was not established until 2008.Black plastic frame with moulded pattern with grey mount containing photograph of ship and Sydney Harbour BridgeBanner - HMAS Sydney HMAS Sydney built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend on Tyne, United Kingdom Launched 22 September 1934 Engaged and sunk Bartolmeo Colleom 19 July 1940 Lost at sea with all hands 19 November 1941 South West of Carnarvon Western Australia after engaging the German raider Kormoran. hmas sydney, ww2

Hardcover book, 207 pages, one illustration. Front cover of book has a colour image of a battleship. Frontispiece illustration: "There was a rending crash when the destroyer struck the submarine".fictionNaval novel.t.m. jones, naval history, children's fiction, world war ii

index, ill, maps, p.464.non-fictionThe known story of the work of six men - a naval surveyor, four engineers, and the contractor who, with many others, built the first railway from Sydney to Parramatta between 1848 and 1857.railroad construction - new south wales - history, railroad operations - new south wales - history

Awarded for Long and Efficient ServiceSilver Medal mounted on a decorative arm. Ribbon is made up of two 9mm Violet Bars set astride a 14 mm off white bar Obverse face has a St. George Cross with 5 stars inside of a belt surmounted by a crown. This is surrounded by the words Local forces Victoria. The Reverse of the medal has " For long and efficient service" embossed on itJ.W.Houston Able Seaman Port Melb Division N.B5/6 rvr, officers and sergeants mess, colonial, victorian

In the hellzones of Vietnam, his job is to search and destroy on land and under water in less that a year, this Naval Special Forces soldier will learn the brutal ways of hand-to-hand guerilla combat in the jungles and swamps of the Mekong Delta.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, us navy seals, mekong delta

In a black frame, seven hat bands from various units of Royal Australian Navy who served in Vietnam. The first is R.A.N. Band Vietnam and the last is R.A.N. Staff Office HQ Australian Force Vietnamran, cerberus collection, naval hat band, navy unit, ran units

In a black frame, twenty-two hat bands in four sections: 1. Gunline Destroyers, 2. Logistic Support Ships, 3. Escort Ships, 4. Visiting Shipscerberus collection, naval hat band, escort ships, ran, navy

The Ballarat Branch Committee and girls of Lucas & Co. raised the money for the memorial window in Good Chapel of Saint Peter which is dedicated to the men of the Jervis Bay and all Merchant seamen who gave their lives in the world wars. To see a picture of the actual window go to VC database Mtsv record 0035.Regionally based support across Victoria provided crucial funds to the Mission for Seafarer welfare, activities and operations. This support was very often sourced either through a country Auxiliary group based in places such as Ballarat, Camperdown, Hamilton, Bendigo and other similar towns or centres. Op shops and CWA, Church Auxiliaries and other similar charities mainly operated by the womenfolk of the respective communities, recognized the vital importance of 19th and 20th C Merchant and Military Naval services to the development of Australia. The cumulative local fundraising efforts helped maintain the work of the Coastal based Mission services to seafarers.Rectangular brass plaque mounted to wood board.This window was erected by the Ballarat Branch of the Victoria Missions to Seamen and the Lucas Girls 1946.ballarat, lucas girls, lucas & co., 1946, window, plaque, ww2, world war 2, textile company, lucas clothing factory

Between 1965 and 1972, elements of the Royal Australian Navy undertook continuous service in Vietnam - at sea and in the air.australia. royal australian navy, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - naval operations, australian

Fighting to Leave covers the Vietnam War during 1972-1973, the tumultuouse final years of U.S. involvement, as experienced by Coloel Robert E. Stoffey, a Marine Corps aviator who served three combats in Vietnam. 1961-1975 - naval operations, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american, nva, fall of quang tri city, bat 21, redeye missile, operation linebacker, hue city, operation end sweep, operation homecoming, col. robert e. stoffey

Although many books on the Veitnam War have been published, until now thre has not been a comphresensive, one-volume history of the U.S. Navy's roles in that conflict.united states. navy -- history -- vietnam war, united states. navy -- history -- vietnamese conflict, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- naval operations, american., u.s. navy, viet cong, mekong delta, tonkin gulf, south vietnamese navy

Senator John McCain leaned about life from his grandfather and father, both admirals in the US Navy. Their careers and their courage helped prepare McCain for the biggest challenge of his life when , as a naval aviator, he was shot down over Hanoi In 1967, and seriously injured. When his captors realised McCain's family background, they offered him early release. McCain refused the offer and was subsequently tortured, held in solitary confinement, and imprisioned for more that five years (the longest in US military history). john mccain, united states. congress. senate -- biography., vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american, naval aviator, hanoi, wounded serviceman, solitary confinement, prision of war

Senator John McCain leaned about life from his grandfather and father, both admirals in the US Navy. Their careers and their courage helped prepare McCain for the biggest challenge of his life when , as a naval aviator, he was shot down over Hanoi In 1967, and seriously injured. When his captors realised McCain's family background, they offered him early release. McCain refused the offer and was subsequently tortured, held in solitary confinement, and imprisioned for more that five years (the longest in US military history).john mccain, united states. congress. senate -- biography., vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american, naval aviator, hanoi, solitary confinement, us navy, wounded serviceman