The Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial

22 May 2012

The Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial has an eerie, terrible, beauty to it. From the Tomb of …

ANZAC Day 2012 and HMAS Perth (I)

25 April 2012

I won’t be attending the dawn service today, but the Ode of Remembrance always bears repeating: They shall not grow …

3 April 2011

I’ve been continuing with Mike Carlton’s Cruiser: The Life and Loss of HMAS Perth and Her Crew. I’m now past …

27 March 2011

One of the things I hoped for when HMAS Sydney (II) was found was that the other stories of the WWII RAN …

25 March 2011

As I’ve mentioned previously, one of Admiral Jacky Fisher’s brainfarts was the concept of the battlecruiser. Now it turns out …

17 March 2008

Thanks to baby_elvis for the heads up on this: the wreck of HMAS Sydney (II) has been found. I hope …

1 August 2007

I’m currently reading this book by the late Antony Preston, who appears to have been a very impressive naval historian …