The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
"A Brief History of my career in the Royal Australian Navy from 1939 to 1970". Covers Petty Officer Fernandez' service from the time of enlistment until the 1939-1945 war on various ships including HMS "Moreton Bay" patrolling the Japanese coast; HMAS "Nestor" and HMAS "Warramanga". Also includes a copy of part of Fernandez' diary about the part played by HMAS "Warramanga" during the invasion of Luzon in the Philippines in January 1945. See also PR87/105.
COPY OF PULLIN'S DIARY. COVERS SERVICE ON HMAS SWAN UNDERTAKING MINESWEEPING OPERATIONS, MAINLY ALONG THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COAST. ALSO OTHER OPERATIONS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS (1939-43)
Copies of diaries, papers and memoirs written by Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Henry Hanson relating to his service on RAN and Royal Navy ships during 1941-1945, together with later comments on pos
Large manuscript titled `Memoirs in peace and war'. Covers service in RAN from enlistment in 1934. Describes service on HMAS Perth, including visit to 1939 World Fair in New York; outbreak of war; bei
Collection relating to the service of 5664 Petty Officer William Joseph Kemp, RAN, Australia, London, Scapa Flow, Norway, Singapore, 1916-1920. Collection consists of a negative (white on black) phot
Typescript memoir (44p), (January 1939 to February 1952), entitled "A life on the ocean wave" written by 22719 Chief Petty Officer Richard W. Stanton relating to his career as a radio operator in the
Diaries covering service on HMAS Moreton Bay, HMAS Penguin, HMAS Nizam, HMAS Parramatta and HMS Barham. The diaries include references to evacuation of Crete, the Mediterranean campaign and operation