Eternal Patrol – Commodore Bryan Cleary, RAN (Rtd)
By Captain Chris Churcher CSM, RAN
REGRETTABLY I advise of the passing of Commodore Bryan Cleary, RAN (Rtd), who died of a heart attack on Sat 7 Dec 2013. Commodore Cleary joined the Navy as a recruit in 1942 through HMAS Cerberus, but was quickly identified as an officer candidate and by Nov 1942 was a Midshipman in the RANVR.
Centenary of ANZAC (Navy)
![HMAS SYDNEY escorting First AIF Convoy from Albany Nov 1914](https://navalinstitute.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/HMAS-SYDNEY-escorting-First-AIF-Convoy-from-Albany-Nov-1914--150x93.jpg)
Admiral Sir John ‘Sandy’ Woodward RN
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