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Powell, William Hope (Chief Petty Officer b.1883)
Private Record
Maker: Powell, William Hope
Diaries for 1914-1915 and 1918. Powell was a wireless telegraphist aboard HMAS Encounter in 1914 and is reputed to have been the first to receive a transmission that war had been declared. In November...PR00435
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Thomson, William Henry (Able Seaman, b.1897)
Private Record
Maker: Thomson, William Henry
Collection relating to the First World War service of 1735 Able Seaman William (Bill) Henry Thomson, Royal Australian Navy. Collection consists of a 14 page handwritten manuscript written by Thomson [...PR04501
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Veale, R S (Commander, HMAS "Encounter" RAN)
Private Record
Maker: Veale, Richard Stanley
LETTER FROM VEALE TO DOUG ROBERTSON GIVING SOME INFORMATION ON HMAS "ENCOUNTER"3DRL/7795