The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Collection of official and personal papers. Material relates to Captain Howden's command of HMAS Albatros, Stuart, Vampire, Canberra, Yarra, Adelaide and Hobart. Includes speeches, war diaries, signals, particularly of commands in the Second World War. Also includes a naval signal log covering Armistice November 1918-December 1918. Inter war period is also documented. See also PR86/093.
Howden initially joined the Royal Naval Reserve in 1915 as a midshipman, before transferring to the Royal Australian Navy and joining HMAS "Sydney" in December 1917. He served on many ships and shore establishments in Australia, and in 1930 on exchange with the Royal Navy, he commanded the gunboat "Mantis" which operated on the Yangtze River, China. In 1939 he commanded HMAS "Hobart" and supervised the evacuation of British Somaliland. HMAS "Hobart" also took part in the relief of Australians at Tobruk, the fall of Singapore, and the battle of the Coral Sea.
Collection of letters (official and personal), lecture book and visitors book, souvenir invitations, programmes and news clippings detailing the service of Howden from cadet midshipman through to serv
Collection relating to Harry Leslie Howden, his first wife Vanda Mary Sanders Howden, and HMAS 'Hobart'. The majority of the papers were written by or compiled by Howden's son, Dr Patrick ffyske Howd
Collection related to the First World War service of 2871 Sergeant (later Warrant Officer Class I) Harold "Harry" Preston. File includes lecture notes on gunnery from School of Musketry, Tidworth, 191
Collection relating to service of Able Seaman (later Commander) Leslie Rundle Brooks, HMAS Parramatta, Australian Waters and Mediterranean, 1917-1918. Collection includes typescript copy of diary Jan
Collection relating to the naval career of Commodore Dacre Henry Deudraeth Smyth AO, Royal Australian Navy, 1942-1983. The collection includes a typed copy of a diary extract from the Battle of Coral
Collection relating to Midshipman (later Lieutenant Commander) Edgar Blau, Royal Australian Navy. It comprises a journal written by Blau while a Midshipman serving on HMAS Canberra, 1940-1942 and copi