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  1. Cirkut camera panorama of the RAN entering Sydney Harbour, 4 October 1913. From left to right ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Cirkut camera panorama of the RAN entering Sydney Harbour, 4 October 1913. From left to right the new battlecruiser HMAS Australia, leads the light cruisers HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Sydney, HMAS Encounte...

    P08778.001

  2. HMAS Melbourne

    Art

    Maker: Defence Public Relations (DPR)

    Royal Australian Navy poster commemorating 25 years of service by the Majestic-class light aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21).

    AWM2020.45.1

  3. Jarvis, William James (Stoker, b.1892 - d.?)

    Private Record

    Maker: Jarvis, William James

    Collection relating to the service of Stoker William James Jarvis, HMAS Melbourne, RAN, 1914-1917, Australia, South Pacific, Caribbean, Cuba, North Sea (Scapa Flow). Collection contains original diar...

    1DRL/0383

  4. Mackenzie, Charles Kenneth (HMAS Melbourne RAN)

    Private Record

    Maker: Mackenzie, Charles Kenneth

    COPY OF DIARY CONTAINING REGULAR ENTRIES FROM TIME OF DEPARTING MELBOURNE IN OCT 1914, CONVOY DUTY, PATROLLING IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND ATLANTIC, DUTIES WITH THE GRAND FLEET AT SCAPA FLOW, NORTH SEA P...

    PR88/008

  5. Moore, George Dunbar (Rear Admiral, b.1893 - d.1979)

    Manuscript

    Maker: Swinden, Gregory James

    Typed manuscript relating to the naval service of Rear Admiral George Dunbar Moore, CBE, RAN. Moore served with the Royal Australian Navy between 1913-50; and was Australian Minister to the Philippin...

    MSS2185

  6. Next of Kin plaque : Able Seaman Thomas James Hose, HMAS Melbourne (I)

    Heraldry

    Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...

    REL24346

  7. Sykes, Robert John (Lieutenant Commander, b.1944 - d.2010)

    Private Record

    Maker: Sykes, Robert John

    Collection relating to the service of R58711 / 058711 Lieutenant Commander Robert John Sykes, HMAS Melbourne (1955-1982), 1964, 2008. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a short, typed letter Sykes wrote to ...

    AWM2019.906.4

  8. Taylor, Charles Herbert (Private, b.1897 - d.1935)

    Private Record

    Maker: Taylor, Charles Herbert

    Collection relating to No 908 Private Charles Herbert Taylor who served with 34 Battalion during the First World War. The collections consists of two original diaries for 1918 (one appears to be a du...

    PR03112

  9. 'The War Cruises of HMAS Melbourne & Sydney, 1914-1918'

    Manuscript

    Maker: Kingsford-Smith, Eric

    Typed manuscript (321 pages) titled `The War Cruises of HMAS Melbourne & Sydney, 1914-1918', prepared for the Navy Board in 1918 by Henry J Brennand (Staff Surgeon, HMAS Melbourne) and Eric Kingsford-...

    MSS1463

  10. 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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