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PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS WATERHEN (D22) PREWAR. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
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PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS WATERHEN (D22) PREWAR. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)301703
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SYDNEY, NSW. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS WATERHEN (D22) PREWAR. NOTE FORT DENISON IN THE ...
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Maker: RAN (de.n)
SYDNEY, NSW. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS WATERHEN (D22) PREWAR. NOTE FORT DENISON IN THE BACKGROUND. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)301702
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Vale Waterhen (Sinking of HMAS Waterhen)
Art
Maker: Norton, Frank
HMAS Waterhen listing to port, prior to being taken in tow and later sinking.ART22327
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1941. 1100 ton RAN destroyer HMAS Waterhen in harbour. During the siege of Tobruk she was a ...
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1941. 1100 ton RAN destroyer HMAS Waterhen in harbour. During the siege of Tobruk she was a member of the "Tobruk Ferry" keeping open the vital supply lines to the troops and evacuating wounded. She w...134900
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The destroyer HMAS Waterhen (left) towing the British hospital ship Vita to an anchorage about ...
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The destroyer HMAS Waterhen (left) towing the British hospital ship Vita to an anchorage about two miles outside the entrance to Tobruk harbour. The Vita had been attacked and badly damaged by German ...P01810.001
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The British destroyer HMS Defender (left) alongside the Australian destroyer HMAS Waterhen, after ...
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The British destroyer HMS Defender (left) alongside the Australian destroyer HMAS Waterhen, after the latter had been attacked and crippled by German dive bombers off the port of Salum in Egypt. The W...P01810.003
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The destroyer HMAS Waterhen about to roll over and sink, the day after sustaining severe damage ...
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The destroyer HMAS Waterhen about to roll over and sink, the day after sustaining severe damage in an air attack by German dive bombers off the port of Salum in Egypt. The Waterhen had been carrying r...P01810.004
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HMAS WATERHEN WAS ONE OF FOUR V&W CLASS DESTROYERS TRANSFERRED TO THE RAN IN OCTOBER 1933. SHE ...
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HMAS WATERHEN WAS ONE OF FOUR V&W CLASS DESTROYERS TRANSFERRED TO THE RAN IN OCTOBER 1933. SHE WAS SUNK ON 30TH JUNE 1941 WHILST TRANSPORTING TROOPS ON THE "TOBRUK FERRY".044789
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The Australian W Class Destroyer HMAS Waterhen takes water over her bow after she has been ...
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The Australian W Class Destroyer HMAS Waterhen takes water over her bow after she has been crippled by German dive bombers off the port of Salum, Egypt, while en route to Tobruk. The crew, wearing bou...P00034.001
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Mounted skin of a swamp hen : HMAS Waterhen
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Mounted skin of a swamp hen (porphyria porphyria), also known as a purple or Macquarie water hen. The bird is contained in a glass case with wooden edges and base. An engraved silver plate at the fron...RELAWM30800.001
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THE RAN DESTROYER HMAS WATERHEN, WHICH SANK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA OFF SOLLUM ON 1941-06-30 ...
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THE RAN DESTROYER HMAS WATERHEN, WHICH SANK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA OFF SOLLUM ON 1941-06-30 DURING A TOW AFTER DAMAGE IN A BOMBING ATTACK BY ENEMY AIRCRAFT WHILE ON THE TOBRUK FERRY RUN. SHE WAS THE...128086
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The destroyer HMAS Waterhen lists dangerously after being attacked and crippled by German dive ...
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The destroyer HMAS Waterhen lists dangerously after being attacked and crippled by German dive bombers off the port of Salum in Egypt. The ship's crew together with troops that she had been carrying t...P01810.005
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Jervis Bay, NSW. 1938-10. Informal group relaxing on the deck of HMAS Waterhen. Included in the ...
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Jervis Bay, NSW. 1938-10. Informal group relaxing on the deck of HMAS Waterhen. Included in the group is Gunner Fred Pitt RAN (front row, 2nd from left). During this pre-war period, HMAS Waterhen serv...P02020.001
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At sea. Starboard view of the RAN HMAS Waterhen, sometime before 1940, when her pennant number ...
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At sea. Starboard view of the RAN HMAS Waterhen, sometime before 1940, when her pennant number was changed from D22 to I22.P02020.002
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Studio portrait of 22047 Leading Seaman (Smn) Frank Dandridge Johnson, HMAS Perth, of Maroubra, ...
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Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of 22047 Leading Seaman (Smn) Frank Dandridge Johnson, HMAS Perth, of Maroubra, NSW. Frank Johnson enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy in May 1938. He served initially on HMAS Wa...P09101.001
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Studio portrait of John James Samuel Turnbull, Naval Reserve, of Brisbane, Qld. On 16 September ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Studio portrait of John James Samuel Turnbull, Naval Reserve, of Brisbane, Qld. On 16 September 1934, 20401 Stoker (Sto)Turnbull enlisted in the RAN. During the Second World War he survived the sinkin...P07583.001
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Nation, Andrew Robert (Stoker Petty Officer Mechanic b.1920)
Private Record
Maker: Nation, Andrew Robert
Black and white photocopies of eight detailed diaries written by Andrew (Andy) Robert Nation, documenting 12 years of naval service with the Royal Australian Navy, especially convoy escort duty to Tob...PR00186
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Background of a tradition
Film
Maker: Carnemolla, John McKeon, B Wasley, Les Wendon, Ron Wood, Frederick Sydney Golsby, Kevin Low, David Eagles, Moneta Killan, Frank
A Movietone production on the 50 year history of the Royal Australian Navy. Shows the launch of the battle cruiser HMAS Australia at Clyde. The arrival of the destroyers Warrago, Parramatta and Yarra...F10067
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McDonald, Ean Lawrence, (Lieutenant Commander, b: 1918)
Manuscript
Maker: McDonald, Ean Lawrence
"Flip side war" collection of anecdotes covering Mr McDonald's service during the 1939-1945 war with the Royal Australian Navy. Mr McDonald joined the Royal Australian Navy Reserve in 1938 as an Ordin...MSS1081
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Ean Lawrence McDonald discusses his service in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN),1938-1965, with John Bannister.
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Maker: McDonald, Ean Lawrence Bannister, William John Edgerton
Ean McDonald talks of his Second World War service career in the Royal Australian Navy. Remembering his first ship HMAS Sydney II, he talks of his fond memories of being a signalman on board the famou...S04556