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Aart Hopman as a Lieutenant Commander, Royal Netherlands Navy, 1939-1952, and Royal Australian Navy 1954-1977, interviewed by Ian Fulton
Sound
Maker: Hopman, Aart Fulton, Ian Fulton, Ian
Aart Hopman was a submariner with the Royal Netherlands Navy and was based in Western Australia during the Second World War. He married an Australian girl and they later settled in Australia, where Aa...S05091
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Action stations - flag deck, HMAS Shropshire
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Unidentified signalmen, wearing tin hats (protective helmets) and anti-flash hoods on Flag deck HMAS Shropshire, at routine action stations off the Admiralty Islands.ART22281
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Admiral Sir Guy Royle
Art
Maker: Wilkinson, Jeffery
Plaster portrait of Admiral Sir Guy Royle, KCB, CMG. Royle was the first naval member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and was also Chief of the Naval Staff from 1941 to 1945. A wooden rod...ART23957
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Admiral Sir Guy Royle
Art
Maker: Wilkinson, Jeffery Meridian Sculpture Founders
Bronze portrait of Admiral Sir Guy Royle, KCB, CMG. Royle was the first naval member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and was also Chief of the Naval Staff from 1941 to 1945. This bronze ed...ART90537
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Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin
Art
Maker: Bowen, Stella
Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin (1882-1954) was a long-serving British naval officer who headed the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at the outbreak of the Second World War. After a long and illustrious career,...ART26262
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After deck - "Queen Elizabeth"
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Part of the Naval Draft paraded on the 4-inch gun deck of HMT "Queen Elizabeth". Draft at Divisions and being addressed by the Naval Officer-in-Charge, Indian Ocean.ART23512
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Afternoon in the tropics
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
From above the Compass Platform looking over "A" and "B" turrets onto the fo'castle. Officers and men are carrying out short range pistol practice at target rigged to the starboard guard rail of HMAS ...ART23515
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[Aircraft bombardment]
Art
Maker: Hall, Alan
A group of men in a small boat coming under air attack. The artist Alan Hall enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Second World War he served on sever...ART93353
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Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm (Sub Lieutenant, Beach Commandos, RAN)
Private Record
Maker: Various Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm
Collection relating to Sub Lieutenant Alexander M Aitchison, Beach Commandos, RAN, Second World War. Collection consists of two photographs of Aitchison; one photograph of the Tarakan landing; two ae...3DRL/3942
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Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm (Sub Lieutenant, Beach Commandos, RAN)
Private Record
Maker: Aitchison, Alexander Malcolm
From the collection relating to Sub Lieutenant Alexander M Aitchison, Beach Commandos, RAN, Second World War. Map of the southern island of Japan, inscribed "Presented to Lt Aitchison by members of t...3DRL/3942.001
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Album of photographs and documents : Seaman Douglas Bruce Robin, RAN
Private Record
Photographs and documents relating to Seaman Douglas Bruce RobinPR01185
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Album relating to Able Seaman Ronald Arthur Weymouth, RAN
Photograph
Album relating to PA2238 Able Seaman Ronald Arthur Weymouth, RAN, who served on HMAS Bathurst 1942-44.AWM2020.26.1
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Alford, Charles Gordon (Stoker Petty Officer, b.1903 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Alford, Charles Gordon
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 14299 Stoker Petty Officer Charles Gordon Alford, HMAS Perth, Royal Australian Navy, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Australia, 1...PR04850
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A.M.C. on fire
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Armed Merchant Cruiser (ex Blue Funnel Liner) on fire and sitting on Colombo Harbour bottom as the result of a Japanese air-raid a day or so previously. Smoke fills the right side of the image. Drawn ...ART23453
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Amphibious training
Film
Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg) Kinna, Darrell
Troops of the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion training with RAN personnel at Trinity Beach, Cairns.F07123
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Anderson, Kevin Victor (Lieutenant, RANVR b.1912)
Private Record
Maker: Anderson, Kevin Victor
TYPSCRIPT COPY OF EXTRACTS OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY LIEUTENANT ANDERSON IN 1945 WHILE IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH THE RAN HISTORICAL SECTION. THE LETTERS ARE ADDRESSED TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND DESCRIBE ...PR87/223
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A 'nor easter' or 'not entitled' (Lieutenant Peter Martin, Petty Officer George Howe)
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Shows a situation during open muster payment on HMAS Napier. The bos'n's mate pipes "clear lower decks, hands fall in for payment abaft the tubes. A sailor is seen standing in the correct manner ready...ART22779
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1. Army salvage finds use for discarded uniforms 2. Daring Japanese raiders sunk in Sydney Harbour (Fox Movietone News Vol. 13 No. 25)
Film
Maker: Fox Movietone News
1. (1 min 33 sec) NSW Premier's wife joins workers in civilian war emergency clothing scheme making children's suits from damaged khaki 2. (4 min 10 sec) Japanese raid, Sydney Harbour, eye witness sto...F00348
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Arthur McIver, Royal Australian Navy 1923-1945, interviewed by his son Harry McIver and grandson Ralph McIver.
Sound
Maker: McIver, Arthur McIver, Harry Makin McIver, Ralph Gerard
Arthur McIver also served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.S04973
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21 Australian Infantry Brigade amphibious training
Film
Maker: O'Halloran, John Frederick M
The first thirty feet of this film was shot as a camera test. The subject of the test was the waterproofing of jeeps by personnel of the 2/6 Field Coy RAE at Barron River, Redlynch about 14 miles from...F07560
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Australians at war: RAN
Film
Maker: Film Australia
Audio visual program with the theme of the Royal Australian Navy's role in the 1939-1945 war. Produced for display in the AWM's galleries. Consists of photographs and colour graphics with voice overs...F10254
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Australia Service Medal: Able Seaman R H Wallace, Royal Australian Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australia Service Medal. Engraved around edge with recipient's details.AWM2017.396.4
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Australia whilst under fire
Art
Maker: Hall, Alan
Depicts three sailors huddle under a table during an attack on their ship. The artist Alan Hall(1919-1979) enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Secon...ART93338
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[Banishment]
Art
Maker: Hall, Alan
This work depicts the artist on an island north of Australia. He was sent there for approximately 6 months to help guard the area as a punishment for an unknown indiscretion during the Second World Wa...ART93344
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Batchelor, Geoffrey Watt (Able Seaman, b. 1922 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Bazley, Arthur William Gill, G H
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Able Seaman Geoffrey Watt Batchelor, Australia, 1958. Wallet 1 of 1 - contains letters exchanged between Batchelor, Arthur Bazley and G H Hill r...PR01604
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Battleship screen, HMAS Napier
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
Australian destroyers H.M.A.S 'Napier', 'Nizam' and 'Vendetta', with British destroyer and battleship, at sea off Alexandria. Having steamed line ahead down the 'Swept Channel', the destroyers are now...ART21002
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Beacon at Basilisk passage
Art
Maker: Hall, Alan
Depicts a beacon at Port Moresby. The artist Alan Hall (1919-1979) enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Second World War he served on several differe...ART93331
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Berry, Jim (Ordinary Seaman, b.1922 - d.1942)
Private Record
Maker: Berry, Jim
Collection relating to the Second World War service of B3089 Ordinary Seaman Jim Berry, HMS Anking, Royal Australian Navy, Australia, Singapore, and Netherlands East Indies, 1939-1942. Wallet 1 of 1 ...PR05234
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Betty, John G. (Lieutenant, b: 1922)
Manuscript
Maker: Betty, John G
Typescript (approximately 100 pages) of memoirs: "Droggie" - Reminiscences of a Naval Hydrographer In World War II In The Pacific", by Lieutenant John G. Betty, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserv...MSS1659
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Binks, Robert (Leading Sick Berth Attendant, b.1921 - d.1991)
Private Record
Maker: Binks, Robert
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S/3818 Leading Sick Berth Attendant Robert Binks, HMAS Napier, Royal Australian Navy, Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, 1942. Wallet 1 of 1 – ...PR06159
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1. Bloy, George F 2. Bloy, John C 3. Bloy, Ernest A (1. Able Seaman, HMAS Cerberus b.1900, 2. Stoker, HMAS Lonsdale b.1928 3. L/Cpl, 2/14th Bn AIF )
Private Record
Certificates of service in RAN for George Bloy and John Bloy; HMAS Tingira souvenir card; common prayer book; army drivers licence and awards notice for Ernest Bloy. Diary of Ernest Bloy describing v...PR86/077
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Boat deck, HMAS Diamantina
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Showing the boat deck and bridge of HMAS Diamantina. The surrender of the Japanese forces in Nauru Island and Ocean Island was signed on her decks.ART24241
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Bodley, George (Marine Engineer, 5th NZ Contingent and Commonwealth Submarine Party)
Private Record
Maker: Bodley, George
Letters home written while on active duty in South Africa. Correspondence regarding Marine Engineer Bodley's appointment to study submarine engineering in England and a diary maintained while studying...3DRL/6070(A)
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Bofors Mk 7 Naval Anti Aircraft Gun : HMAS Sydney (III)
Technology
Bofors, forty millimetre anti aircraft gun on a Mk 7 Naval mount. This two man mount is made largely from aluminium alloy for lightness and it has been painted in overall light sea grey. An electric m...REL/00324
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Boiler cleaner, HMAS Cairns, Bombay
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS "Cairns" alongside the dockyard wall of Royal Indian Dockland, Bombay. Secured to "Cairns" are HMS "Tulip" (English corvette) and HMIS "Madras" (Australian-built corvette of Indian Navy). Left fo...ART21274
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Brewster, Basil (Lieutenant, RN, Lt-Commander RAN b.1896 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Brewster, Basil Theodore
Collection relating to the military service of Commander Basil Theodore Brewster DSC, Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy, written 1981. The collection consists of an unbound typescript memoir has b...PR90/147
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Bridge works, HMAS Shropshire
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
View from starboard chains of Bridge superstructure of this cruiser. Dusk stand to, Admiralty IslandsART24186
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British Pacific fleet from HMAS Nepal at Manus, Seeadler Harbour
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
A view, from HMAS "Nepal" of the vessels that made up themajour units of the British Pacific Fleet at Manus Island. HMS King George V, Aircraft Carriers "Implacavble", "Victorious" and "Formidable" as...ART22784
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British Pacific fleet, King George V carriers and escorts returning from strike against Japan
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
Represents typical scene of aircraft carriers and escorts as major units of the British Pacific Fleet return from strike. This particular one was the last major strike prior to the commencement of pea...ART22922
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British Pattern 1889 Cutlass and Scabbard : Royal Australian Navy
Technology
Pattern 1889 cutlass with a straight flat blade and spear point. The hilt has a turned over edge basket guard with a slot for a wrist strap near the pommel and a cast iron ribbed grip. The guard is st...RELAWM27412
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British War Medal 1939-45: Able Seaman R H Wallace, Royal Australian Navy
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45: Engraved around edge with recipient's details.AWM2017.396.3
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Brooksbank, Walter Hugh (Lieutenant), 1895-1981, MM
Private Record
Maker: Brooksbank, Walter Hugh
TYPESCRIPT MEMOIR "NO CLOAK NO DAGGER: MEMOIRS OF AN AUSTRALIAN NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (208P.); TRANSCRIPTS OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY BROOKSBANK TO HIS FAMILY 1915-1919 (67P.) AND TYPESCRIPT COPIES OF...PR89/037
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Bryant, John (b.1924)
Private Record
Maker: Bryant, John
Letters to his family describing service as a medical orderly at Flinders Naval Depot and aboard HMAS Koopa. Comments on illnesses, leave, literary and artistic interests, manuscript of his naval serv...PR00274
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Buchanan, Charles M (RAN)
Private Record
Maker: Buchanan, Charles M
REGULAR ENTRIES COVERING NAVAL SERVICEPR85/116
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Button, John Desmond (Communications Yeoman, b.1921 - d.2012)
Private Record
Maker: Button, John Desmond
Collection relating to Communications Yeoman S3522 John Desmond Button, HMAS Burnie, HMAS Napier. Originals and copies of naval messages received and sent by Button and humorous definitions of naval m...PR84/098
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Calder, Norman Keith "Tusky"(Commander), OBE
Private Record
Maker: Calder, Mike Calder, Norman Keith 'Tusky' Department of Defence (Navy)
Collection relating to Commander Norman "Tusky" Calder, OBE, Royal Australian Navy. The collection documents Calder's navy career, 1912-1959, including his naval training and service during the First ...PR03323
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Captain H Buchanan, RAN
Art
Maker: Goodchild, John
Depicts a portrait of Captain H Buchanan, RAN, in charge of Headquarters of landing forces of British Pacific Fleet, Nokasuka Naval Base.ART22794
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Captain Henry Showers
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Royal Australian Navy; Commodore Henry Arthur Showers, CBE, RAN; member of Australian Victory Contingent, 1946ART26667
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Carriers at dawn
Art
Maker: Hall, Alan
Sketch of a convoy of warships at dawn off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines. The artist Alan Hall enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1936 at the age of 17 years. During the Second World...ART93337
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Carr, Palgrave Ebden (Lieutenant Commander, b.1908 - d.1990)
Private Record
Maker: Carr, Palgrave Ebden
Records associated with Carr's period as a prisoner of the Japanese following his capture after crash over Celebes. His notebooks record his thoughts, reading summaries, future plans. He was held in A...PR91/014