Obituary

Obit: canoe commando in Singapore Harbour

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By Peter Hore Able Seaman 'Moss' Berryman, who had died aged 96, was the last survivor Operation Jaywick, perhaps the most long-ranged and daring special...

Vale: Able Seaman Forrest (Mick) Jenkins DSM

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On 31 July  2020 the town of Waroona in WA held  a funeral service for HMAS Shropshire veteran Mr Forrest (Mick) Jenkins, DSM who,...

Obituary: RADM Andrew Robertson

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FROM: CN AUSTRALIA VALE: REAR ADMIRAL ANDREW JOHN ROBERTSON AO DSC RAN (RETD) It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing...

Farewell to Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall

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By LCDR Alistair Tomlinson Australia’s most senior submariner and former Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Ian MacDougall AC AFSM RAN, has died at age...

Obituary: Cmdr Jim Speed, early Normandy lander

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Commander Jim Speed, who has died aged 96, was a beach commando who landed on Sword beach before H-Hour on June 6 1944, leading...

Obituary: LCDR Kenneth Brown

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The following is the Vale signal for LCDR Kenneth Brown from the Chief of Navy: It is with great sadness that I inform you of...

Obituary: David Leach

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Vice Admiral David Willoughby Leach AC, CBE, LVO served as Chief of the Naval Staff from 1982 to 1985. Leach was born on 17...

Navigating a naval medical career

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Obituary: Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Peter James Hoare, RAN, Rtd.  By Michael Fogarty* HMAS Sydney had returned to Korea for a second deployment in the post-armistice period from...

Admiral Sir Simon Cassels obituary

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The Times has published an interesting RN obituary giving details  of the life of a remarkable officer, Admiral Sir Simon Cassels, who had a...

HMAS Melbourne captain dies aged 98

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Obituary: Captain John Philip Stevenson AM RAN Ret’d 24 August 1921 – 29 January 2019 (Captain John Stevenson was captain of HMAS Melbourne at the time...