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Albert Simon as an engineer with the Maritime Services Board, 1939-1945, interviewed by Andrew Jack
Sound
Maker: Simon, Albert Jack, Andrew Australian War Memorial Preston, Lenny
Simon speaks of his family background; employment in defence construction work during the Second World War; the entanglement of a Japanese midget submarine in the boom net in Sydney Harbour on the nig...S02648
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A SKIPPER OF THE NAVAL AUXILIARY PATROL. SUCH MEN ARE GOING TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE JAPANESE ...
Photograph
Maker: Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
A SKIPPER OF THE NAVAL AUXILIARY PATROL. SUCH MEN ARE GOING TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE JAPANESE TO DELIVER SURPRISE ATTACKS ALONG OUR COAST AND IN OUR HARBOURS. AT THE TIME OF DUNKIRK, ENGLAND HAD N...012488
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AUXILIARY PATROL VESSEL HMAS VIGILANT IN DARWIN HARBOUR IN 1941. VIGILANT WAS RENAMED SLEUTH ON ...
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AUXILIARY PATROL VESSEL HMAS VIGILANT IN DARWIN HARBOUR IN 1941. VIGILANT WAS RENAMED SLEUTH ON 17TH APRIL 1944 AND AGAIN RENAMED HAWK ON 13TH MARCH 1945. SOLD ON 14TH OCTOBER 1946 FOR 2800 POUNDS. (P...044725
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Balloon barrage
Film
RAF personnel engaged in the control and operation of barrage balloons in defence of a harbour, against low flying aircraft and dive-bombing attacks.F01769
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BARDIA, LIBYA. 1941-01-02. ABOARD THE HMS LADYBIRD GUNNERS LOADING ONE OF THE TWO 6 INCH GUNS OF ...
Photograph
Maker: Parer, Damien Peter
BARDIA, LIBYA. 1941-01-02. ABOARD THE HMS LADYBIRD GUNNERS LOADING ONE OF THE TWO 6 INCH GUNS OF THE GUNBOAT DURING THE NAVAL BOMBARDMENT WHICH PRECEDED THE INFANTRY ASSAULT OF THE 6TH AUSTRALIAN DIVI...127945
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C.1944. AERIAL VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH HDML1343 SHOWING HER DECK LAYOUT. NOTE ...
Photograph
C.1944. AERIAL VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH HDML1343 SHOWING HER DECK LAYOUT. NOTE THE AMERICAN TWIN M2 BROWNING .50 INCH MACHINE GUNS FORWARD AND THE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUN AFT. (NAVAL HIS...301833
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Camouflaged Gun Positions, Middle Head, Sydney
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Richard Ashton, an artist with the Military History Section, painted a number of works related to Australia's defences during the Second World War. This work depicts anti aircraft guns in place at Mi...ART23665
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C.1944. ELEVATED STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH HDML1343. NOTE THE ...
Photograph
C.1944. ELEVATED STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH HDML1343. NOTE THE AMERICAN TWIN M2 BROWNING .50 INCH MACHINE GUNS FORWARD AND THE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUN AFT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL ...301834
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Collection related to the service of NX65289 Robert John Bevir
Photograph
Maker: Bevir, Robert J
Thursday Island, Qld. c 1940-08. A boat rows out to the examination vessel HMAS Adele (ex Franklin, ex Adele).P02126.007
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C.1945-05 . PORT SIDE VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1327. A 40MM BOFORS AA GUN HAS ...
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C.1945-05 . PORT SIDE VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1327. A 40MM BOFORS AA GUN HAS REPLACED THE 3 POUNDER GUN FORMERLY MOUNTED FORWARD. THE 20MM OERLIKON AA GUN AFT HAS BEEN RETAINED. SIN...301826
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DARWIN HARBOUR, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-02. MEMBERS OF THE EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARY ...
Photograph
DARWIN HARBOUR, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. 1944-07-02. MEMBERS OF THE EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION, BOARDING THE HARBOUR DEFENCE BOOM VESSEL FROM THE DECK OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY SUBMARINE...067278
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Fixed Naval Defences in Darwin Harbour : How the Navy Secured Darwin Harbour against Submarine Attacks between 1939 and 1945
Manuscript
Maker: Forster, Paton Cameron
"Fixed Naval Defences in Darwin Harbour: How the Navy secured Darwin Harbour against Submarine Attacks between 1939 and 1945" by Pat Forster. Research on the Royal Australian Naval activies such as th...MSS1697
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HOBART, TAS. 1944-06-05 . PORT SIDE VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH (HDML) ML1327. NOTE ...
Photograph
HOBART, TAS. 1944-06-05 . PORT SIDE VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH (HDML) ML1327. NOTE THE 3 POUNDER GUN FORWARD, AND THE 20MM OERLIKON AA GUN AFT. A RAISED CONNING POSITION HAS BEEN FITTED ...301824
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6 inch gun, Middle Head, Sydney
Art
Maker: Ashton, Richard
Royal Australian Artillery; breech block of 6 inch gun and sights, Middle Head GarrisonART23646
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Japanese air attacks on Darwin Harbour, 19th February 1942
Art
Maker: Swain, Keith
This historical painting is a reinterpretation of the Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942. Japanese aircraft fly overhead, while the focus of the painting is the Royal Australian Navy cor...ART28075
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LAUNCESTON, TAS. C.1944-06. PORT BOW VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1329 IN THE TAMAR ...
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LAUNCESTON, TAS. C.1944-06. PORT BOW VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1329 IN THE TAMAR RIVER. NOTE THE 3 POUNDER GUN FORWARD AND THE 20MM OERLIKON AA GUN AND DEPTH CHARGES AFT. (NAVAL HISTO...301831
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LAUNCESTON, TAS. C.1944-06. STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1329 IN THE ...
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LAUNCESTON, TAS. C.1944-06. STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1329 IN THE TAMAR RIVER. NOTE THE 3 POUNDER GUN FORWARD AND THE 20MM OERLIKON AA GUN AND DEPTH CHARGES AFT. (NAVAL ...301832
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LAUNCESTON, TAS. C.1944-06. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1329 IN ...
Photograph
LAUNCESTON, TAS. C.1944-06. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1329 IN THE TAMAR RIVER. NOTE THE 3 POUNDER GUN FORWARD AND THE 20MM OERLIKON AA GUN AND DEPTH CHARGES AFT. (NA...301827
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LAUNCESTON, TAS. 1943-11-01. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCHES HDML1325 ...
Photograph
Maker: Department of Defence (Navy)
LAUNCESTON, TAS. 1943-11-01. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF HMA HARBOUR DEFENCE MOTOR LAUNCHES HDML1325 (NEAREST CAMERA) AND HDML1326 FITTING OUT AT THE YARD OF E. JACK. HDML1325 IS ONLY THREE DAYS FROM COMMI...301823
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-21. NAVAL AUXILIARY PATROL PERSONNEL AT AN EXAMINATION AT NO. 3 MOTOR ...
Photograph
Maker: Sanders, William Charles
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-21. NAVAL AUXILIARY PATROL PERSONNEL AT AN EXAMINATION AT NO. 3 MOTOR VEHICLE TRADE TRAINING CENTRE ON INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES, WHICH WAS SUPERVISED BY ARMY INSTRUCTORS. LE...051960