After Cocos: Sydney-Emden memorial unveiled!
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‘Emden’s Last Battle’ by Claus Bergen [1885-1964].Source 1914: Two sides of the EMDEN–SYDNEY fight in…
Category: Stories
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After Cocos: HMAS Sydney’s progress
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Charles Bryant’s 1931 painting depicting the HMAS Sydney a the fight with Zeppelin L43 in…
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‘NO’ again Billy
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With recruitment falling in 1917, Hughes called for a 2nd plebiscite on conscription. This campaign…
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‘A story of the trench’ by Cpl. Reg Da …
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Exactly 100 years ago today Corporal Reginald Dargan had A story of the trench, published…
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Capt. PG Taylor: ‘The doomed Rumpler’
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On the 20th AUG 1917, Lt. P.G. Taylor Shot down an enemy 2-seater aircraft. The…
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Black Friday, ‘Bloody April’: The deat …
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During Bloody April one RFC airmen was killed, on average, every 18 hours. Friday April…
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‘Bloody April’: Lt. Taylor survives
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2/Lt. ‘Bill’ Taylor joined 66 Squadron just before the Royal Flying Corps worst month of…
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In memory of Ken Donnellan
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Recently a former and long-standing colleague, Ken Donnellan, passed away. Ken, who grew up in…
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The Blood Vote: NO to Conscription, by a nose.
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On the 28th of October, 1916, Australians were asked to vote YES or NO. In…