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  1. ABLE SEAMAN JAMES PIDD HARRIS AT HMAS MELBOURNE, WW1. (DONOR: E.V. SHEPPARD)

    Photograph

    ABLE SEAMAN JAMES PIDD HARRIS AT HMAS MELBOURNE, WW1. (DONOR: E.V. SHEPPARD)

    P00804.001

  2. Account of action between HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden by Niels Peter Henry Nielsen, 1925

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Nielsen, Niels Peter Henry

    Written account and transcript relating to the First World War service of 7884 Stoker Niels Peter Henry "Chook" Nielsen, Royal Australian Navy. In this account written in 1925, Nielsen details the day...

    RCDIG0001011

  3. Albany, WA. 1 November 1914. The first Australian and New Zealand convoy crossing the Indian ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)

    Albany, WA. 1 November 1914. The first Australian and New Zealand convoy crossing the Indian Ocean, sailing in three parallel lines. Left to right: 3rd Division; 1st Division; 2nd Division. The New Ze...

    G01547

  4. A starboard quarter view of the Town Class Light Cruiser HMAS Melbourne under way with smoke ...

    Photograph

    A starboard quarter view of the Town Class Light Cruiser HMAS Melbourne under way with smoke coming from her funnels. Melbourne was one of three ships of this class commissioned into the Royal Austral...

    P00974.001

  5. At Sea. c. 1915. Australian Navy cruiser HMAS Melbourne with British Navy cruiser HMS ...

    Photograph

    At Sea. c. 1915. Australian Navy cruiser HMAS Melbourne with British Navy cruiser HMS Southampton. (Donor Imperial War Museum SP453)

    H12455

  6. A wave crashes over the bow of HMAS Melbourne, seen from HMAS Sydney. Both ships were taking ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    A wave crashes over the bow of HMAS Melbourne, seen from HMAS Sydney. Both ships were taking part in patrols of the North Sea with the Royal Navy's 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron.

    EN0344

  7. AWM45 1/92 - [Naval Records, 1914-1918:] Capture of SS HAMBORN by HMAS MELBOURNE, October 1915 (reports from both ships)

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Department of Defence

    AWM2019.8.232

  8. 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

  9. C.1918. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS MELBOURNE (I) WHILE OPERATING WITH THE GRAND ...

    Photograph

    C.1918. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE CRUISER HMAS MELBOURNE (I) WHILE OPERATING WITH THE GRAND FLEET. A SOPWITH CAMEL FIGHTER IS CARRIED ON A LAUNCHING PLATFORM FITTED OVER HER FORWARD 6 INCH GUN. ...

    301007

  10. Departure of the First Division AIF the original Anzacs in October 1914 (Edition 128). Australia's Navy (Edition 127). (Pathe's Animated Gazette Australasian Edition.)

    Film

    Maker: Pathe Company

    Edition 128. Departure of the 1st Division AIF at Port Melbourne aboard the SS Hororata (A20) on October 1914. Shows the men waving from the troopship as she is towed out by a tug. Edition 127. HMAS...

    F03465

  11. Diary of Richard Keith Phillips, 1914-1915

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Phillips, Richard Keith

    Diary relating to the First World War service of 1084 Private Richard Keith Phillips, 5th Battalion. This small handwritten diary contains entries from 21 October 1914 to 23 November 1915, with severa...

    RCDIG0001134

  12. Diary of Stanley Alfred Gedling, 1913-1918

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Gedling, Stanley Alfred

    Diary relating to the First World War service of Leading Signalman Richard Keith Gedling, Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Written and compiled by Gedling during the war, this account details his service ...

    RCDIG0001153

  13. Diary of Thomas Walter White, August-November 1916

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: White, Thomas Walter

    Diary [book 1E] relating to the captivity, during the First World War, of Captain Thomas Walter White, Mesopotamian Half Flight, Australian Flying Corps. In this diary kept between August-November 191...

    RCDIG0001328

  14. Documents relating to Stanley Alfred Gedling, 1908-1923

    Digitised Collection

    Maker: Gedling, Stanley Alfred Various

    Documents relating to the First World War service of Leading Signalman Stanley Alfred Gedling, Royal Australian Navy (RAN). This collection contains various documents obtained or compiled by Gedling d...

    RCDIG0001155

  15. Group portrait of nine unidentified seamen on board HMAS Melbourne. By the sooty faces of some, ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Group portrait of nine unidentified seamen on board HMAS Melbourne. By the sooty faces of some, they have been coaling the ship. With HMAS Sydney, the Melbourne carried out alternate patrols of the Ca...

    EN0444

  16. HIJMS Ibuki with HMAS Melbourne escorting the first ANZAC convoy

    Art

    Maker: Arai, Rokuo

    HIJMS Ibuki with HMAS Melbourne escorting the first Australian and New Zealand convoy in the Indian Ocean 1914. When HMAS Sydney was detached from the convoy to join battle with an enemy ship near the...

    ART13569

  17. HMAS Melbourne flying three battle flags and cleared for action on the day when the German High ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    HMAS Melbourne flying three battle flags and cleared for action on the day when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered. At the surrender each German vessel was assigned to the custody of a British sh...

    EN0340

  18. Image from the collection of 1606 Warrant Officer Class 1 Owen Kenneth Stewart, 3rd and 11th Field Artillery Brigades.

    Photograph

    ALBANY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1914-1918 WAR. HMAS MELBOURNE.

    P00117.037

  19. 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

  20. King George's Sound, WA. 1914-11-01. Departure of the First Detachment of the Australian and New ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Sands, A G

    King George's Sound, WA. 1914-11-01. Departure of the First Detachment of the Australian and New Zealand Imperial Expeditionary Forces from Albany. Australian Transports: A1 Hymettus; A2 Geelong; A3 O...

    P02085.003

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