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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Odgers, George, The Royal Australian Navy: An Illustrated History, 1982
... The Royal Australian Navy: An Illustrated History....Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History... Australian Navy -- History Vietnam This is a fascinating account ...This is a fascinating account of the development of the RAN from the arrival of the First Fleet and Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788 up to the present day.This is a fascinating account of the development of the RAN from the arrival of the First Fleet and Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788 up to the present day.australia. royal australian navy -- history, vietnam -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, George Odgers, The Royal Australian Navy - An Illustrated History, 1982
... The Royal Australian Navy - An Illustrated History...-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges The Royal Australian Navy ... -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, George Odgers, The Royal Australian Navy - An Illustrated History Third Edition, 1985
... The Royal Australian Navy - An Illustrated History Third...-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Book The Royal Australian Navy ...Book -
Lilydale RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian Government Publishing Service, Royal Australian Navy - A Brief History, 1987
... Royal Australian Navy - A Brief History...-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Book Royal Australian Navy ...Book -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Colin Jones, Wings and the Navy 1947-1953, 1997
... royal australian navy - aviation history...-and-the-dandenong-ranges royal australian navy - aviation history royal ...This book tells the story of the Royal Australian Navy in the years following the Second World War - an optomistic and confident period following the commissioning of Australia's first aircraft carrierIndex, Bibliography, ill (b/w), p.108.non-fictionThis book tells the story of the Royal Australian Navy in the years following the Second World War - an optomistic and confident period following the commissioning of Australia's first aircraft carrierroyal australian navy - aviation history, royal australian navy - history -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Pith Helmet, Royal Australian Navy, 1930s
... purposes. Vintage Headwear Royal Australian Navy History ...This helmet has been used by a member of the Royal Australian Navy in the early to mid 20th century. The Commonwealth Naval Forces were formed after Federation in 1901 and became known as the Royal Australian Navy in 1911. Pith helmets are now used only in the Australian Defence Forces for ceremonial purposes. No information is available on A.B. Pollock.This helmet is retained for display purposes.This helmet is made of white material with a six-segmented crown and a peak and back covering. In the centre of the crown is a dome with three breathing holes. On top of the dome is an ornamental gold-coloured metal finial. The edge of the crown has a band of white fabric and in the centre of this is a metal badge with a crown, anchor and seven stars and the wording ‘Royal Australian Navy’. Inside, the helmet has a leather rim with an adjustable leather string with brass clips (one missing). Inside, the breathing holes are made of brass and the metal rotates to open or close the holes. Inside also are the size of the helmet, the owner’s name and some other indecipherable information Royal Australian Navy A.B.Pollock 6⅞ vintage headwear, royal australian navy, history of warrnambool -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian War Memoria, Royal Australian Navy, 1939-1942, 1957
... royal australian navy - history... - australia royal australian navy - history This volume tells briefly ...This 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 AustraliaIndex, ill, maps, p.686.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 – naval operations - australia, royal australian navy - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Department of defence (Navy), An outline of Australian naval history, 1976
... royal australian navy - history...-and-the-dandenong-ranges royal australian navy - history naval operations ...A brief history of Australian naval historyBibliography, ill (b/w), p.71.non-fictionA brief history of Australian naval historyroyal australian navy - history, naval operations - australia -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Harper Collins, The search for the Sydney, 2009
... Royal Australian navy - History...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Royal Australian navy - History HMAS Sydney ...Tells the action-packed story of the hunt for the Sydney - and the Kormoran - and reveals what really happened on that fateful day in November 1941.Index, Bibliography, ill, maps, p.264.non-fictionTells the action-packed story of the hunt for the Sydney - and the Kormoran - and reveals what really happened on that fateful day in November 1941.royal australian navy - history, hmas sydney - shipwrecks -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Time Life Books, Royal Australian Navy, 1988
... Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History ...A history of the Royal Australian Navy from World War One to the presentIndex, bibliography, ill, maps, p.168non-fictionA history of the Royal Australian Navy from World War One to the presentaustralia - royal australian navy - history, australia - naval history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Charles Oldham, 100 years of the Royal Australian Navy, 2011
... Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Naval history Australia - Royal Australian Navy ...Illustrated centennial history of the Royal Australian NavyIll, maps, p.296.non-fictionIllustrated centennial history of the Royal Australian Navynaval history, australia - royal australian navy - history -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS Mk IV, 1945
... Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History royal ...Anecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionAnecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War Twoaustralia - royal australian navy - history, royal australian navy - pictorial works -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS Mk IV, 1944
... Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History royal ...Anecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionAnecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War Twoaustralia - royal australian navy - history, royal australian navy - pictorial works -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS Mk II, 1943
... Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History royal ...Anecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionAnecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War Twoaustralia - royal australian navy - history, royal australian navy - pictorial works -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Australian War Memorial, HMAS, 1942
... Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Australia - Royal Australian Navy - History royal ...Anecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War TwoIll, p.200.non-fictionAnecdotal stories of life and action in the Australian Navy during World War Twoaustralia - royal australian navy - history, royal australian navy - pictorial works -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, A collection of various coloured & b/w Photograph of naval ships
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History -- Vietnam War.... Royal Australian Navy -- History -- Vietnam War 1961-1975 Some ...Some photos are b/w & others are coloured.naval ships, australia. royal australian navy -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lewis, Stephen, Voyages to Vietnam: Photographs by Australian Naval and Military Veterans on the Vietnam Conflict, 2004
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History -- Vietnam War... Australian Navy -- History -- Vietnam War 1961-1975 Australian ...Voyages to Vietnam is a unique collection of over 600 photographs taken by naval and military veterans of the Vietnam conflict.Photograph by Australian Naval and military veterans of the Vietnam conflict. (Copy 1).Voyages to Vietnam is a unique collection of over 600 photographs taken by naval and military veterans of the Vietnam conflict.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - participation, australian - pictorial works, australia. royal australian navy -- pictorial works, australia. royal australian navy -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975, australian artillery regiment -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Pfennigwerth, Ian, Tiger territory: the untold story of the Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asia from 1948 - 1971
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History - 20th century... Australian Navy - History - 20th century Australia - Military ...Between 1948, when Australia assumed strategic responsibility for British Commonwealth sea lines of communication to and from Southeast Asia and 1971, when the Five Power Defence Arrangements came into effect, ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore.Between 1948, when Australia assumed strategic responsibility for British Commonwealth sea lines of communication to and from Southeast Asia and 1971, when the Five Power Defence Arrangements came into effect, ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore.australia. royal australian navy - history - 20th century, australia - military relations - southeast asia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Lewis, Stephen, Voyages to Vietnam: Photographs by Australian Naval and Military Veterans on the Vietnam Conflict, 2004
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy -- History -- Vietnam War... Australian Navy -- History -- Vietnam War 1961-1975 Australia. Royal ...Voyages to Vietnam is a unique collection of over 600 photographs taken by naval and military veterans of the Vietnam conflict.Photograph by Australian Naval and military veterans of the Vietnam conflict. (Copy 2).Voyages to Vietnam is a unique collection of over 600 photographs taken by naval and military veterans of the Vietnam conflict.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - participation, australian - pictorial works, australia. royal australian navy -- pictorial works, australia. royal australian navy -- history -- vietnam war, 1961-1975, australia. royal australian navy, australian army, australian artillery regiment -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Evans, Alun, Royal Australian Navy: Australians At War
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History... Australian Navy - History Australia - History Naval - 20th century ...the history of the Royal Australian Navy throughout various wars.the history of the Royal Australian Navy throughout various wars.australia. royal australian navy - history, australia - history, naval - 20th century -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Speedy, Max and Ray, Bob Editors, A bloody Job Well Done: The Hhistory of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight, Vietnam 1967-1971 (Copy 2), 2011
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History... Australian Navy - History Military helicopters - Australia Vietnamese ...The history of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight in vietnam from 1967-1971.The history of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight in vietnam from 1967-1971. australia. royal australian navy - history, military helicopters - australia, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Speedy, Max ed.,Ray, Bob ed, A Bloody Job Well Done: The History of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight, Vietnam 1967-1971 (Copy 1), 2011
... A Bloody Job Well Done: The History of the Royal Australian...Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History... Australian Navy - History Military helicopters - Australia Vietnamese ...The history of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight in Vietnam from 1967-1971The history of the Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight in Vietnam from 1967-1971 australia. royal australian navy - history, military helicopters - australia, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Evans, Carla, Mostly Sailors
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History - Vietnamese... Australian Navy - History - Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 Vietnam War ...Mostly Sailors deals with the life of sailors on board various ships in the Royal Australian Navy and how a boring and monotonous day can turn quickly into life threatening situations.Mostly Sailors deals with the life of sailors on board various ships in the Royal Australian Navy and how a boring and monotonous day can turn quickly into life threatening situations.australia. royal australian navy - history - vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - naval operations, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Carroll, John R, Out of sight, Out of Mind: Tthe Royal Australian Navy's Role, Vietnam, 1965-1972 (Copy 1)
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History - Vietnamese... Australian Navy - History - Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 Vietnam War ...This book tells the story of the vital part played by HMAS Sydney and other units of the RAN in the support of land based forces in Vietnam.This book tells the story of the vital part played by HMAS Sydney and other units of the RAN in the support of land based forces in Vietnam.australia. royal australian navy - history - vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - naval operations, australian - health aspects, hmas sydney -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Carroll, John R, Out of sight, Out of Mind: the Royal Australian Navy's Role, Vietnam, 1965-1972 (Copy 2)
... Australia. Royal Australian Navy - History - Vietnamese... Australian Navy - History - Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 Vietnam War ...This book tells the story of the vital part played by HMAS Sydney and other units of the RAN in the support of land based forces in VietnamThis book tells the story of the vital part played by HMAS Sydney and other units of the RAN in the support of land based forces in Vietnam australia. royal australian navy - history - vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - naval operations, australian - health aspects, hmas sydeny -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Book - Two Photos and a Medal, Janette Williams, Two Photos and a medal / ‘... a Cerberus story’
... australian navy history... Street Port Fairy great-ocean-road australian navy history ...William George Monteith and his involvement with the Victorian and Australian Navy.357 p., illustrationsnon-fictionWilliam George Monteith and his involvement with the Victorian and Australian Navy. australian navy history, australian naval ships, hmas cerberus, biography, william george monteith, navy, victoria -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Georgian House, My Ship is so small, 1946
... Royal Australian navy - History... - History This is the story of the Royal Australian Navy's little ...This is the story of the Royal Australian Navy's little ships and their personnelIll, p.126.non-fictionThis is the story of the Royal Australian Navy's little ships and their personnelworld war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia, royal australian navy - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Oxford University Press et al, The price of admiralty, 1944
... Royal Australian Navy - History... 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Australia Royal Australian Navy ...This book describes the life of a man, the late Commander J. H. Walker, and of his ship. HMAS Parramatta; both used to represent their service. Parramatta was one of the 'little ships' which made the great sacrifice in keeping the hard pressed garrison of Tobruk supplied. She went down fighting gallantly and in doing so added a glorious page to the naval history of our Empire.Ill, maps, p.328.This book describes the life of a man, the late Commander J. H. Walker, and of his ship. HMAS Parramatta; both used to represent their service. Parramatta was one of the 'little ships' which made the great sacrifice in keeping the hard pressed garrison of Tobruk supplied. She went down fighting gallantly and in doing so added a glorious page to the naval history of our Empire. world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia, royal australian navy - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, NSW Bookstall Pty Ltd, Scrap Iron Flotilla, 1944
... Royal Australian Navy - History... 1939-1945 - Naval operations - Australia Royal Australian Navy ...An account of the older ships(The Scrap Iron Flotilla) of the Australian Navy in the Second World WarIll, p.197.non-fictionAn account of the older ships(The Scrap Iron Flotilla) of the Australian Navy in the Second World Warworld war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia, royal australian navy - history -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, F.W. Cheshire, The leader of the crocks, 1945
... Royal Australian Navy - History... Australian Navy - History World War 1939-1945 - Naval operations ..."The activities of H.M.A.S. Stuart, leader of the Australian destroyer flotilla (and later of the 10th D.F.) from ... September, 1939 until the end of July, 1941" - Author's note.Ill, p.221.non-fiction"The activities of H.M.A.S. Stuart, leader of the Australian destroyer flotilla (and later of the 10th D.F.) from ... September, 1939 until the end of July, 1941" - Author's note.royal australian navy - history, world war 1939-1945 - naval operations - australia