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  1. Balfour Collection (1. Balfour, John MBE, (Captain, b.1892 - d.1976) 2. Balfour, Don, (Able Seaman, b.1923) 3. Balfour, Gordon John, (b.1921 - d.1992).

    Private Record

    Material covers John Balfour's duties in Manila with General Headquarters, Historical Records and at the formal Japanese surrender in Tokyo. Also records of his 1914-1918 service including the Gallipo...

    PR87/027

  2. Blackwood, Ludovic Graham (Private)

    Private Record

    Maker: Blackwood, Ludovic Graham

    Collection relating to service of 3608 Private Ludovic Graham Blackwood, 13 Battalion, 1917. Collection includes copy of letter written home from HMAT Euripides. Copy probably made for Official Hist...

    1DRL/0126

  3. Dardel, J H (Lieutenant Commander, MSM, HMAS "Sydney" RAN)

    Private Record

    Maker: Dardel, J H

    Diary on service with HMAS Sydney from July 1914. Detailed lengthy entries including tracking charts related to the battle with SMS Emden on 9 November 1914.

    3DRL/2190

  4. Daymond, Bruce Cunynghame (Squadron Leader) (DSO, DFC)

    Private Record

    Maker: Daymond, Bruce Cunynghame

    A card depicting in colour, the emblem used by Lord Louis Mountbatten when he was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia [SEAC] - signed by Lord Mountbatten (not dated). Photocopies of three newspa...

    PR00839

  5. De C Foot, C R (Midshipmen, RN)

    Private Record

    MIDSHIPMEN'S LOG MAINTAINED ABOARD VARIOUS RN SHIPS OF THE NORTH AMERICA AND WEST INDIES STATION INCLUDING HMS NORTHAMPTON AND DIDO DURING 1879-1883

    PR85/307

  6. Evans, Percy, Captain

    Private Record

    Maker: Evans, Percy

    Letters written by Evans describing his experiences as a merchant seaman during the Spanish Civil War and with Atlantic convoys during W2. Discusses bombing of Barcelona, preparations to evacuate his ...

    PR91/027

  7. Gordon, Wilfred Cyril (Flying Officer, DFC, 460 Sqn RAAF)

    Private Record

    Maker: Gordon, Wilfred Cyril

    NAVIGATION PLOTTING CHARTS AND NAVIGATION LOG FOR TRANS ATLANTIC FLIGHT MAINTAINED BY F/O GORDON AS NAVIGATOR IN "G FOR GEORGE" EN ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA

    PR88/175

  8. (HMAS Perth, RAN)

    Private Record

    Maker: Unknown

    DIARY OF THE WORLD CRUISE RECORDED BY HMAS PERTH FROM THE TIME THAT THE MAIN DRAFT LEFT SYDNEY ABOARD SS AUTOLYCUS TO COM`MISSION THE NEW VESSEL, PASSAGE TO ENGLAND, THE "NAMING CEREMONY", PATROL DUTI...

    PR90/161

  9. Hore, Guthrie C (Sergeant, b.1918)

    Private Record

    Maker: Hore, Guthrie C

    Memoirs of service as an armourer in Sunderland Flying Boats based at Plymouth and operating on anti-submarine duties over the West Coast of Europe, Atlantic and Mediterranean areas. Includes detailed...

    PR88/142

  10. Howell-Price Family

    Private Record

    Maker: Howell-Price, Frederick Phillimore Howell-Price, John Howell-Price, Owen Glendower Howell-Price, Philip Llewellyn Howell-Price, Richmond Gordon

    Collection relating to the First World War service of members of the Howell-Price Family: Lieutenant Commander John Howell-Price, Royal Australian Navy, b.1886-d.1937 Major Frederick Phillimore Howell...

    PR83/088

  11. 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

  12. Locke, Aubrey Horatio (Flying Officer, b.1916-d.2002)

    Private Record

    Maker: Locke, Aubrey Horatio

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 402572 Flying Officer Aubrey Horatio Locke, Royal Australian Air Force, Canada and Atlantic Ocean, 1941. Collection consists of one typed, ten-p...

    PR04439

  13. Macdonald, Daniel (Chaplain, b.1846 - d.?)

    Private Record

    Maker: Macdonald, Daniel

    Brief account of round trip voyage to England via South Africa; mentions the intense enemy submarine activity in the South Atlantic and the return via Suez.

    1DRL/0653

  14. 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

  15. Miller, Arthur William (Sapper, b.1882 - d.1967)

    Private Record

    Maker: Miller, Arthur William

    Sapper Miller's narrative chronological account of voyage on troopship "Themistocles" en route to England via Panama Canal (the first transport carrying troops to use the Canal). Mentions ports of cal...

    PR91/118

  16. Newman, Ernest William (Petty Officer, b.1872 - d.1953)

    Private Record

    Maker: Newman, Ernest William

    Account of naval service in both the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy during 1887-1924, including: mention of his early training and postings in the RN, transfer to the RAN in 1912, service aboard...

    PR86/218

  17. Norgard, William (Sapper, b.1890 - d.1950)

    Private Record

    Maker: Norgard, William

    Collection relating to the service of 18563 Sapper William Norgard, 14th Reinforcements, 4 Division Signal Company, AIF, at sea, 1917. Collection consists of a typescript transcription (carbon copy) ...

    1DRL/0533

  18. Prentice, Ronald Herbert (Flight Lieutenant, b.1920 - d.2015)

    Private Record

    Maker: Prentice, Ronald Herbert

    Collection relating to the Second World War service of 420265 Flight Lieutenant Ronald Herbert Prentice, 461 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, 1942-1945. ...

    PR04205

  19. Reckner, James R

    Private Record

    Maker: Reckner, James R

    "THE WORLD CRUISE OF THE ATLANTIC BATTLESHIP FLEET. THE GREAT WHITE FLEET AND THE UNITED NAVY 1907-1909", THESIS PROVIDES ACCOUNT OF THE CRUISE, EXPLORES IMPACT OF FLEET'S VISIT UPON NATIONS ALONG ITS...

    PRMF0031

  20. Sharp, Alfred Edwin (Paymaster Lieutenant Commander, b.1894 - d.1991)

    Private Record

    Maker: Sharp, Alfred Edwin

    Collection relating to the First World War service of Paymaster Clerk Alfred Edwin Sharp, HMAS Australia, at sea, 1914-1915. Wallet 1 of 1 – Collection consists of a diary kept by Paymaster Clerk Sha...

    1DRL/0565

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