Pixley, Norman Stewart, CMG, MBE, VRD (Commander, b: 1898)

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Accession Number MSS1220
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 item
Object type Typescript
Maker Pixley, Norman Stewart
Date made 1882-1946
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 88/0088
Conflict Period 1910-1919
Period 1930-1939
Period 1920-1929
Period 1900-1909
Australian Colonial Forces, 1854-1900
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

'The Queensland Marine Defence Force' by N.S. Pixley. This manuscript is a history of the Queensland Marine Defence Force from its inception in 1882 on the recommendations of Sir William Jervois until Federation. The manuscript does include a small amount of post-Federation information. It also includes a 1904 Naval organisation chart and information of the end of Colonial Navies and the transfer of ship to the new Commonwealth Navy.