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Ean Lawrence McDonald discusses his service in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN),1938-1965, with John Bannister.
Sound
Maker: McDonald, Ean Lawrence Bannister, William John Edgerton
Ean McDonald talks of his Second World War service career in the Royal Australian Navy. Remembering his first ship HMAS Sydney II, he talks of his fond memories of being a signalman on board the famou...S04556
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Gregory, George (Leading Torpedoman)
Private Record
Maker: Gregory, George
Six page letter written by Leading Torpedoman George Gregory to his mother on 24 May 1936 describing a visit to Gallipoli while serving on HMAS Australia. Gregory gives a detailed description of what ...PR03388
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Macramé belt with buckle : Able Seaman V P Sotheren, HMAS Sydney
Heraldry
Maker: Sotheren, Victor Peace
Fine cream linen cord Macramé belt with white metal buckle. The belt is decorated with horizontally aligned bands of plain, twisted and plaited square knot sennits.REL41335
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Portrait of 21905 Able Seaman Rex Cooper of Randwick, NSW. Enlisting in the navy at the age of ...
Photograph
Portrait of 21905 Able Seaman Rex Cooper of Randwick, NSW. Enlisting in the navy at the age of twelve, Cooper spent his entire service on board HMAS Sydney (II) as a Seaman Torpedoman. He was one of t...P03645.002
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Tally band : Ordinary Seaman Victor Peace Sotheren, HMAS Sydney II
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Sailor's black cotton cap tally band embroidered in gold wire 'H.M.A.S. SYDNEY'.REL41322
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The Royal Australian Navy (Fox Movietone News Vol. 12 No. 51)
Film
Movietone News special on the RAN in the 1930's and up to 1941. Shows HMAS Sydney departing Albany in 1914. The arrival of HMAS Brisbane which was paid off for disposal in September 1935. HMAS Albatro...F00322