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Camberwell RSL Sub-Branch
Photo, Photo showing the wreck of the German Raider Emden, the result of the engagment with HMAS Sydney off the Cocos -Keeling Islands November 1914
... Photo showing the wreck of the German Raider Emden, the...1914 Photo of the wreck of the German Raider, Emden... melbourne Photo Photo showing the wreck of the German Raider Emden ...1914 Photo of the wreck of the German Raider, Emden'The result of the HMAS Sydney and Emden engagement off the Cocos -keeling Island. November 1914'emden, hmas sydney 1914, german shipping raiders, cocos island, -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Archive Folder (grey), German Raider HSK Kormoran
... German Raider HSK Kormoran... Tatura the-murray Archive Folder (grey) German Raider HSK ...Information on HSK Kormoran and crewGrey archival folder containing photographs and documents in regard to HSK Kormoran and crew. (scanned) -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, Random House, First victory : 1914 : HMAS Sydney's hunt for the German raider Emden, 2013
... First victory : 1914 : HMAS Sydney's hunt for the German... for the German raider Emden Index, bib, ill, maps, p.476. world war 1939 ...HMAS Sydney's hunt for the German raider, Emden. When the ships of the new Royal Australian Navy made their grand entry into Sydney Harbour in October 1913, a young nation was at peace. Under a year later Australia had gone to war in what was seen as a noble fight for king, country and Empire. Thousands of young men joined up for the adventure of having 'a crack at the Kaiser'. And indeed the German threat to Australia was real, and very near - in the Pacific islands to our north, and in the Indian Ocean. In the opening months of the war, a German raider, Emden, wreaked havoc on the maritime trade of the British Empire. Its battle against the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney, when it finally came, was short and bloody - an emphatic first victory at sea for the fledgling Royal Australian Navy. This is the stirring story of the perilous opening months of the Great War and the bloody sea battle that destroyed the Emden in a triumph for Australia that resounded around the world. In the century since, many writers have been there before Mike Carlton. Most were German, some of them survivors of the battle, others later historians, and they have generally told the story well. British accounts vary in quality, from good to nonsense, and there have been some patchwork American attempts as well. Curiously, there has been very little written from an Australian point of view. This book is - in part - an attempt to remedy that, with new facts and perspectives brought into the light of day.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.476.non-fictionHMAS Sydney's hunt for the German raider, Emden. When the ships of the new Royal Australian Navy made their grand entry into Sydney Harbour in October 1913, a young nation was at peace. Under a year later Australia had gone to war in what was seen as a noble fight for king, country and Empire. Thousands of young men joined up for the adventure of having 'a crack at the Kaiser'. And indeed the German threat to Australia was real, and very near - in the Pacific islands to our north, and in the Indian Ocean. In the opening months of the war, a German raider, Emden, wreaked havoc on the maritime trade of the British Empire. Its battle against the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney, when it finally came, was short and bloody - an emphatic first victory at sea for the fledgling Royal Australian Navy. This is the stirring story of the perilous opening months of the Great War and the bloody sea battle that destroyed the Emden in a triumph for Australia that resounded around the world. In the century since, many writers have been there before Mike Carlton. Most were German, some of them survivors of the battle, others later historians, and they have generally told the story well. British accounts vary in quality, from good to nonsense, and there have been some patchwork American attempts as well. Curiously, there has been very little written from an Australian point of view. This book is - in part - an attempt to remedy that, with new facts and perspectives brought into the light of day.world war 1939 – 1945 – naval operations - australia, world war 1939 – 1945 –naval operations - germany -
Monbulk RSL Sub Branch
Book, William Heinemann, The Wolf : how one German raider terrorised Australia and the southern oceans in the first world war, 2010
... The Wolf : how one German raider terrorised Australia and...-and-the-dandenong-ranges Book The Wolf : how one German raider terrorised ...The true story of an epic voyage of destruction in World War One. July 1917: the First World War is about to enter its fourth horrendous year and ships are mysteriously disappearing off Australia and New Zealand, as a young Australian woman named Mary Cameron sails with her husband and daughter across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney. Less than a thousand miles from Sydney, a black-hulled freighter appears out of the vast blue emptiness, and Mary and her daughter rush to the deck to greet her. Suddenly, two hinged iron sections of the freighter's bulwarks drop down to reveal she is bristling with guns. She is in fact the German warship the Wolf, and the Cameron family are about to find themselves captive on one of the century's most extraordinary wartime sea voyages.Index, bib, ill, maps, p.384.non-fictionThe true story of an epic voyage of destruction in World War One. July 1917: the First World War is about to enter its fourth horrendous year and ships are mysteriously disappearing off Australia and New Zealand, as a young Australian woman named Mary Cameron sails with her husband and daughter across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney. Less than a thousand miles from Sydney, a black-hulled freighter appears out of the vast blue emptiness, and Mary and her daughter rush to the deck to greet her. Suddenly, two hinged iron sections of the freighter's bulwarks drop down to reveal she is bristling with guns. She is in fact the German warship the Wolf, and the Cameron family are about to find themselves captive on one of the century's most extraordinary wartime sea voyages.naval warfare - germany, commerce raiders - germany -
The Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, Prisoner of the Kormoran : W.A. Jones' amazing experiences on the German raider Kormoran and as a prisoner of war in Germany, 1944
... on the German raider Kormoran and as a prisoner of war in... on the German raider Kormoran and as a prisoner of war in Germany Ill, p ...Experience of an Australian sailor taken prisoner by the KormoranIll, p.318.non-fictionExperience of an Australian sailor taken prisoner by the Kormoranworld war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war, world war 1939-1945 - prisoners of war - germany -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder, photocopies and excerpts, "The Raider Kormoran" The secret raiders, Copy made 1992
... Encounter of the German raider "Kormoran and the warship...Description of the encounter between German raider... German raider "Kormoran" and Australian warship " Sydney ...Encounter of the German raider "Kormoran and the warship " HMAS Sydney"Description of the encounter between German raider "Kormoran" and Australian warship " Sydney". Written by Captain of the Kormoran and an historian."Kormoran" on the binding of the folder. kormoran, hmas sydney -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Kormoran crew
... German Raider...Some surviving members of the German Raider Kormoran crew.... Some surviving members of the German Raider Kormoran crew ...Some surviving members of the German Raider Kormoran crew in camp 13 Murchison during WW2. Black and white photograph of 8 members of the Kormoran crew in uniform, two in white trousers, standing in front of some tall bushes.kormoran, german raider, camp 13 murchison, kormoran crew, herman ortmann -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph, Arthur Knee, Memorial to Kormoran Komeraden, 1989
... German Raider Kormoran... to honour their comrades on the German Raider "Kormoran" which sank... by German POW's to honour their comrades on the German Raider ...Camp 13, German compound. Memorial erected by German POW's to honour their comrades on the German Raider "Kormoran" which sank HMAS Sydney in the Indian ocean before going down, too.Camp 13, Camp Road, Murchison, Victoria. Memorial to fallen comrades, German compound. Concrete with local stone. German inscription on rectangular recessed area to "Kormoran" crew. Note. concrete machine gun emplacement (background), Eucalyptus bush distant background.camp 13, german pow's, kormoran, hmas sydney, memorial, german raider kormoran, german memorial, kormoran memorial, kormoran komeraden -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photo album
... History Society Museum. Inside front cover typed Kormoran German... Society Museum. Inside front cover typed Kormoran German Raiders... Kormoran German Raiders. Painting by Geo Rosenkranz; Greytown camp ...1st photo colour of entrance gates of Camp 13. T & D History Society Museum. Inside front cover typed Kormoran German Raiders. Painting by Geo Rosenkranz; Graytown camp WW2 - self portrait of Geo Rosenkranz - Graytown camp 1945. The original paintings were lent by Mrs Margaret Shannon nee Oliver, of Katandra West.Grey blue album, gold rectangular stripe. T & D Hist Society Museum. Inside front cover typed Kormoran German Raiders. Painting by Geo Rosenkranz; Greytown camp WW2 - self portrait of Geo Rosenkranz - Greytown camp 1945. The original paintings were lent by Mrs Margaret Shannon nee Oliver, of Katandra West.camp 13 -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folder - newspaper articles, Lest we forget. HMAS Sydney, 16 November 1991
... concerning the battle between HMAS Sydney and the German Raider... concerning the battle between HMAS Sydney and the German Raider ...Newspaper article published on 16 November 1991 in the Northern Territory News in memory of the most celebrated warship HMAS Sydney, lost 50 years earlier.Clear plastic cover containing newspaper articles concerning the battle between HMAS Sydney and the German Raider Kormoran.hmas sydney, hsk kormoran, dhurringile, pow camps, captain theodor detmers, hmas sydney 50th anniversary -
Wangaratta RSL Sub Branch
Framed Print, HMAS Sydney
... with all hands after engaging the German raider Kormoran. ... of Carnarvon Western Australia after engaging the German raider... engaging the German raider Kormoran. HMAS Sydney built by Swan ...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 -
Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron
Wheel of HMAS Sydney, Early 20th Century
... and Military history. ww1 sydney german hmas raider emden cocos keeling ...THE WHEEL OF HMAS SYDNEY COMMEMORATING AUSTRALIA’S FIRST NAVAL ENGAGEMENT The historic wheel of HMAS Sydney commemorates the Royal Australian Navy’s first ship- to- ship naval engagement. It was purchased early in 1930 and later presented to the Royal St Kilda Yacht Club (now Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron) by then Commodore Joe White, following HMAS Sydney being broken up at Cockatoo Dock, Sydney. On 1 November 1914, led by the flagship SS Orvieto, a large convoy of 28 Australian and 10 New Zealand transports escorted by the Light Cruisers HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Sydney, HMS Minotaur and the Japanese ship Ibuki, departed King George Sound, Albany Western Australia with a large contingent of Australian and New Zealand troops bound for Egypt, to become the original Anzac’s. As the convoy steamed northwest across the Indian Ocean, leaving Cocos-Keeling Islands well to the westward, Captain Karl von Muller in the German Light Cruiser Emden of 3,600 tons, after having wrought much havoc to allied shipping in the Indian Ocean, ignorant of the convoys presence, had in mind to destroy the Cocos Island Cable Station on Direction Island. In the early hours of the morning of Monday the 9 November, he anchored “Emden” off Direction Island to send a landing party ashore, In the meantime the Cable Station had sent out a Morse Code message ‘Strange ship approaching’, this was followed soon after by a ‘S.O.S.’ These messages were picked up by ships in the convoy and at 7.00 a.m., Captain J.C. Glossop of the 5,400 ton HMAS Sydney was directed to leave the convoy and proceed at full speed for Cocos Islands. Two hours later Cocos Island was on the horizon. Captain von Muller, with the boarding party ashore to destroy the Cable station, steamed out to intercept the intruder. Captain Glossop decided to close in to 9,500 yards ( 8686.8m) before delivering his first salvo. Emden on the other hand, opened fire at 10,500 yards (9601m), its ten, 4.1 inch (104mm) guns firing 38 pound (17.24 kg ) shells, some of which scored near misses. Emden was hit repeatedly by HMAS Sydney’s eight, 6 inch (152.4mm) guns firing 100 pound (45.36kg ) shells. Within two hours Captain von Muller had decided to run the badly damaged Emden aground on North Keeling Island. Captain Glossop then broke off the engagement to speed off to intercept Emden’s collier, “Buresk”, seen lurking in the distance, soon to overtake her. A boarding party from HMAS Sydney was too late to prevent Buresk from being scuttled but able to rescue her crew. Returning to finish off Emden, HMAS Sydney was again met by heavy gunfire. Sydney scored a number of direct hits to Emden and only after having suffered 134 killed and 65 wounded, did Captain von Muller finally decide to lower his Naval Ensign. He was among those captured and was allowed to retain his Naval sword. In the engagements HMAS Sydney only suffered four direct hits, 4 killed and 12 wounded. J.H.(Bert) Ferris Extremely significant as part of Australia's Naval and Military history.Ships wheel, timber, mounted on a timber plinth, wheel of ship first HMAS Sydney.Plaque notifying that wheel donated by Commodore Joe White 1930ww1, sydney, german, hmas, raider, emden, cocos keeling, islands, hmas sydney, wheel -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, HMAS Sydney Loss and Controversy
... German auxiliary raider ships... Ships German auxiliary raider ships ...Tells the story of the controversy around the sinking of HMAS Sydney by HSK Kormoran on the 19 November 1941.Hard cover blue book with title on spine in gold. Dust cover has picture of HMAS Sydney on front with title above and authors name below. Spine has title and authors name in white print. Back cover has a picture of HMAS Sydney. Inside front of dust cover has what book about and inside back dust cover has information about the author.Donors name inside front coverhmas sydney, hsk kormoran, australian navy ships, german auxiliary raider ships -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Photograph - Photograph of Painting, HSK "Kormoran", after December 1941
... "Kormoran" German raider battle with HMAS Sydney. Both ships sank..." German raider battle with HMAS Sydney. Both ships sank ...Original painting by Geo RosenkranzColour photograph of a painting of the Hilfs Kruezer "Kormoran" German raider battle with HMAS Sydney. Both ships sank in the Indian Ocean December 1941. The original is owned by Mrs Margaret Shannon (nee Oliver) of Katamatite, Victoriageorg rosenkranz, kormoran, hmas sydney -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Folio, "Kormoran" Account of Operation, 1943
... to be an official account of the operations of the German Raider Kormoran... account of the operations of the German Raider Kormoran. Also Paul ...Material collected by Paul Konig, a Kormoran survivorBlack multi ring folder with printed material in plastic sleeves. 33 roneod pages written in German which appears to be an official account of the operations of the German Raider Kormoran. Also Paul Konig's POW discharge certificate, etc.Paul Konig (written in top right corner of front page)kormoran, german discharge certificates, paul konig -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, Naval Operations Australia & Germany WW1, CARLTON Mike, "First Victory 1914", 2013
... "FIRST VICTORY 1914 - HMAS SYDNEY'S HUNT FOR THE GERMAN... - HMAS SYDNEY'S HUNT FOR THE GERMAN RAIDER EMDEN." Books Naval ..."FIRST VICTORY 1914 - HMAS SYDNEY'S HUNT FOR THE GERMAN RAIDER EMDEN."Hardcover Book with Dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard, red buckram, silver print on spine. Dust cover - paper: Red gold and white print on front, spine and back. Dust cover, colour illustrations - front copy of painting of HMAS Sydney in battle with SMS Emden by the late Phil BELBIN. 467 pages, cut, plain, off white paper, illustrated - black and white, sepia and colour photographs, paintings, diagrams and maps. End papers and flyleaf - front and back - coloured green.books, naval operations, ww1, australia, germany -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BOOK, WW1 NAVAL HISTORY, GUILLIATT Richard & HOHNEN Peter, " THE WOLF', 2009
... "THE WOLF' How one German raider terrorised Australia... and white photographs and maps. Nil "THE WOLF' How one German raider ..."THE WOLF' How one German raider terrorised Australia and the Southern Oceans in the First World War.Soft cover book. Soft cover - cardboard, red and black print on front, spine and back. Cover - colour illustrated - front - top German symbol, bottom, ship at sea. Back - sepia photograph - sailor and girl. 366 pages - cut, plain, off white paper. Illustrated black and white photographs and maps.Nilbook, ww1, naval operations -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTERS OF SYMPATHY, Dec 41
... on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY on 15/11/41 by a German Raider. Refer... on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY on 15/11/41 by a German Raider. Refer ...Dental Surgeon " Mervyn Clive Townsend" was KIA on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY on 15/11/41 by a German Raider. Refer Cat No. 2313P for Townsends service.Twenty five (25) Letters of Sympathy for the death of Mervyn Clive Townsend to his parents. All handwritten on various sizes and colours of note paper. Dated around Dec 1941 period.hmas sydney, ww2, kia, mervyn clive townsend -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - SYMPATHY CARD, Edith Roberts, 3 Dec 1941
... on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY on 15/11/1941 by a German Raider... on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY on 15/11/1941 by a German Raider. Refer ...Dental Surgeon " Mervyn Clive Townsend" was KIA on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY on 15/11/1941 by a German Raider. Refer Cat No 2313P for Townsends service.White folded card to Mrs. Townsend in relation to the death of her son, Plain white with black line on top left corner. No contents inside.Signed: " Edith Roberts" Address: "27 Haslam Street, N. Williamstown W16 Dec 3rd 1941" hmas sydney, hsk kormoran, ww2, mervyn clive townsend -
Bendigo Military Museum
Card - CARD, SYMPATHY, DEC 1941
... /11/41 on the sinking of HMAS SYDNEY by the German Raider HSK.../11/41 on the sinking of HMAS SYDNEY by the German Raider HSK ...Cards sent to parents of "Mervyn Clive Townsend" KIA on 15/11/41 on the sinking of HMAS SYDNEY by the German Raider HSK Kormoran. Refer Cat 2313P for Townsends service.Sympathy cards of various sizes and configurations. 1. Folded white card in form of envelope with "Kindest Sympathy" on front. 2. Folded white card "With Deepest Sympathy" on front and was from. 3. Folded green card in form of an envelope with Sympathy on front and message inside. 4. Double folded white card with picture of flowers on front.1. From Walter Rollev. 2. From Mrs Commons & Family. 3. From Mr. & Mrs F. Williams and Glen Wright family. 4. From Mr. & Mrs. John McLeod, Castlemaine.hmas sydney, ww2, melvyn clive townsend, hsk kormoran -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTERS of SYMPATHY, Dec 1941
... Townsend" killed in action on board the HMAS SYDNEY by a German... Townsend" killed in action on board the HMAS SYDNEY by a German ...Various letters of Sympathy to the parents of "Mervyn Clive Townsend" killed in action on board the HMAS SYDNEY by a German raider on 15/11/41. Refer Cat No 2313P for Townsends service.18 Individual letters of Sympathy to the parents of "Mervyn Clive Townsend". All letters are handwritten on various types of note paper and dated around Dec 41. Letters are all from regional Victorian locations.hmas sydney, kia, ww2, mervyn clive townsend -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - TELEGRAM OF SYMPATHY, C Dec 1941
... Townsend" was KIA on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY by German... Townsend" was KIA on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY by German ...Messages of condolences in relation to " Mervyn Clive Townsend" was KIA on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY by German Raider HSK Kormoran on 15/11/41. Refer Cat No. 2313P for Townsends service.Telegrams on Yellow Paper headed in blue writing on top with Commonwealth of Australia, Postmaster General Department. All telegrams have Office of Origin, no of words, time of lodgement and stamp. Messages all handwritten with name of sender, a message of sympathy and address of receiver.All telegrams date stamped on top right corner. All ticked in top right corner.hmas sydney, ww2, hsk kormoran, mervyn clive townsend -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTERS of SYMPATHY, Dec 1941
... on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY on 15/11/41 by a German Raider. Mervyn... on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY on 15/11/41 by a German Raider. Mervyn ...Various letters to parents of "MERVYN CLIVE TOWNSEND" KIA on the sinking of the HMAS SYDNEY on 15/11/41 by a German Raider. Mervyn was a Dental Surgeon serving on board. Refer Cat No. 2313P for Townsends service.Various handwritten letters of Sympathy for "Mervyn Clive Townsend", from various people and organisations from Williamstown area. Letters are of various sizes and various types of white on cream note paper and dated around Dec 41.hmas sydnbey, kia, ww2, mervyn clive townsend, hsk kormoran -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTER of SYMPATHY, 4 Dec 1941
... "Mervyn Townsend" KIA on the sinking of HMAS SYDNEY by German... "Mervyn Townsend" KIA on the sinking of HMAS SYDNEY by German ...Letter of Sympathy sent to parents of Dental Surgeon "Mervyn Townsend" KIA on the sinking of HMAS SYDNEY by German Raider HSK Kormoran on 19/11/41 of WA Coast. Refer Cat No. 2313P for Townsends service.Letter of Sympathy handwritten on blank green piece of notepaper. Writing in blue pen and dated 4th Dec 1941.Note at top: "As I do not know your address I am sending this to the Naval Board Melb, to be forwarded to you". Dated 4th Dec 1941 W.A. hmas sydney, ww2, hsk kormoran, mervyn clive townsend -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED, Unknown
... in Sept 1934, sunk by the German Raider Kormoran on 19 November... in Sept 1934, sunk by the German Raider Kormoran on 19 November ...As per the explanation the HMAS Sydney II was launched in Sept 1934, sunk by the German Raider Kormoran on 19 November 1941, the wreck was discovered in March 2008. This item is on display inn the Bistro area of the Bendigo DRSL in Havilah RoadPhotos framed, the frame is timber Brown colour, at the top is the main photo of the ships crew on the decking of the HMAS Sydney II, centre is an explanation of the “Sydney’s building, commissioning and fate, at bottom LH side shows the “Sydney” at sea, the RH photo shows “Sydney” in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge“HMAS SYDNEY”brsl, smirsl, bdrslinc -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Audio Tape, Talk given to Historical Society members by John Ashton
... "Sydney" during its battle with the German Raider HSK "Kormoran"... from HMAS "Sydney" during its battle with the German Raider HSK ...Talk given to Historical Society members by John Ashton, who carried out, for the Australian War Museum, a forensic investigation into the Carley Float, believed to have come from HMAS "Sydney" during its battle with the German Raider HSK "Kormoran"audio, visual, technology, accessory -
Bendigo Military Museum
Letter - LETTERS, HMAS SYDNEY, Personal Letter TOWNSEND, C.1941
... . HMAS SYDNEY was sunk 15 Nov 1941 by German Raider Kormoran.... HMAS SYDNEY was sunk 15 Nov 1941 by German Raider Kormoran ...Letter written by "Mervyn Clive Townsend", Dental Surgeon, KIA HMAS SYDNEY. Refer Cat No. 2313P for his service details. HMAS SYDNEY was sunk 15 Nov 1941 by German Raider Kormoran. Letter sent to family, parents Edward and Muriel Townsend..1) Letter written on white paper. In black writing on one side blank on other. Stamp of circle and anchor and name of ship in blue. .2) Letter written on blue paper with handwriting in blue. Blank on one side and writing on other with stamp of circle and anchor plus ships name..1) Stamped HMAS SYDNEY and dated 5 April 1941. Top of page A - stamp of small circle with an anchor inside it. .2) Stamped HMAS SYDNEY - dated 7 Nov 1941. Top of page, a stamp of small circle with anchor inside it.hmas sydney, letters, ww2, mervyn clive townsend -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
CD, Bill Elmecker Interview 2008, 2008
... and HSK Kormoran (German Raider) off the west Australian coast out... the finding of the wrecks of HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran (German ...Bill Elmecker interview on ABC Goulburn Murray Regional Radio. 18.3.08. after the finding of the wrecks of HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran (German Raider) off the west Australian coast out from Shark Bay. Bill is the only known survivor of the Kormoran still living in Australia.White disc with blue text. Also original cardboard CD cover.bill elmecker, hmas sydney, hsk kormoran -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Documents- Archives, Compiled by Tatura Historical Society, Dahm's "Kormoran" Story, 01.02.2016
... the disguised German Raider HSK "Kormoran", and the Australian Light... of the naval battle between the disguised German Raider HSK "Kormoran ...A German participant's account of the naval battle between the disguised German Raider HSK "Kormoran", and the Australian Light Cruiser HMAS "Sydney" off the West Australian Coast, Both vessels sank. The "Sydney" with all hands. The account follows his time in the lifeboat, his rescue, time in hospital in Perth then as Prisoner of War in Camp 13, Murchison, Vic.The author Dahm is listed as a crew member of HSK "Kormoran", and as a Prisoner of War in the National Australian Archives. The translator Barkei is a respected translator and one who has done much work for the Tatura & District Historical Society.Clear fronted plastic folder containing 95 printed pages bound with plastic strip on left side.Dahm's 'kormoran" Story Excerps from the Diary of Franz Heinrich Dahm. -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1999
... . Story goes 'The German raider Wolf was observed signalling... lakes and sea. Story goes 'The German raider Wolf was observed ...Known as Powerlot, built by George Packer, a local builder for Jim McLaughlin in 1914. During Olsen family ownership house was altered. The two acre site once had landscaped garden and orchard. Flat roof has lead lined walkway for viewing lakes and sea. Story goes 'The German raider Wolf was observed signalling during WW1'.Colour photograph of a white painted timber dwelling set on a high vantage point at Stirling Road consisting of two wings, one with flat roof and veranda on three sides, the other more recently built has hipped roof. Metung Victoriahouses, tourism, heritage study