Mackenzie Gregory spent all of WWII at sea or overseas as a Naval officer. Sunk in HMAS Canberra at the Battle of Savo Island on August 9 1942, he has always had a keen interest in Naval History. His Web Site ahoy,tk-jk.net carries a host of articles on this subject. He recently published his Trilogy of The War at Sea.
Named after the Victorian inland city of Ballarat. HMAS Ballarat I was one of sixty Australian Minesweepers (commonly known as corvettes) built during World War II in Australian shipyards as […]
Introduction. When Japan made her sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday December 7th. 1941, not only did she precipitate the United States into WW2, but they probably decided their […]
Mackenzie Gregory seeks votes for People’s Choice medal and prize to help the Foundation Mackenzie Gregory, WWII veteran and founder of the Naval Heritage Foundation, (see MHHV Member listing or […]
Of course the use of poison gas in warfare had been proscribed under the Hague Convention of 1905, and Germany as well as all the other WW1 combatants had signed […]
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