Officers and Crew of SMS Emden, A Jose, The Royal Australian Navy 1914-1918, 1933
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The Emden’s Raid on Penang, from a sketch made by an officer of the Emden, A Jose, The Royal Australian Navy 1914-1918, 1933
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As the final chapter in this story played out the Australian convoy with its powerful escort approached the area with the utmost precaution.
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[see part one, part two, part three, part four, part five for the entire history of its exploits and sinking by HMAS Sydney] … However if the situation had not…
Over the next 6 months we will be publishing on our blog Sir Ian Hamilton’s diary entries. In doing so we hope to provide an insight into the Anzac Campaign as it unfolded 100 years ago
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While Australia officially declared war on Germany on 4 August, 1914, her politicians and members of the Australian Defence Forces were already planning for this event behind the scenes. Among the…
Australian Naval Headquarters, 1914-1918
At the outbreak of World War One, Port Jackson, Sydney, was viewed by the Commonwealth as the most vital Australian maritime centre and…
Pennant Hills Wireless Station, 1912-1918, photo from Electrical Commissioner, F G Cresswell, copy from photo-mechanical print in The Australian Navy, Jose, 1935
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Maori soldier in the Apex trenches at Gallipoli, 30 November, 1915
At the outbreak of World War One Britain drafted the standing Army of India into the conflict but although a number…
Mir Dast’s family were of the Afridi tribe of Pathans, and grew up in Maidan, Tirah, a North-West Frontier Province of British India.At the age of 20 he enlisted in the 1st Punjab infantry, an Indian…