Captain Sydney Reynold Clement
Survived the Boer War, killed in action at Gallipoli on the 25th April 1915.
Walter Howard Tunbridge CB, CMG, VD, CBE – Hero of Elands River
Walter Tunridge was born on the 2 November 1856 at Dover in Kent, England. His father John Nicholas Tunbridge was listed as a master bricklayer in 1861 and later in […]
Midshipman Cymbeline Alonso Edric Huddart, CSC, RN (1881 – 1899)
Cymbeline Alonso Edric Huddart was born in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn on 6 January 1881, the youngest child of James and Lois Elizabeth Huddart (nee Ingham). His father was […]
Disposal of obsolete Australian military firearms in 1905
On September 2nd 1905, Mr. George H. Oliver, representing W.W. Greener – the well- known English Gun, Rifle and Cartridge maker of Haymarket, London – wrote to the Australian Department […]
1911 Coronation Medal – Australian Naval Contingent
King Edward VII died on 6 May 1910 and King George V became King. His coronation took place a year later at Westminster Abbey, London on 22 June 1911 and […]
Alfred Martin Treacy (1869 – 1938): Father of the RAN Supply Branch – Part I
In Part I of the Alfred Treacy story, the author traces Treacy’s career in the Victorian Navy between 1894 to 1901, the Commonwealth Naval Forces between 1901 and 1911 and […]
Australia’s first battlefield – the battle of Hartebeestfontein. A letter from Klerksdorp
Klerksdorp. 20 February 1901 Time has sped with fleeting wings and events of import have followed in its trail since we learned Lord Methuen’s intention of “striking hard” at Hartebeestefontein.
Victoria: Its Role in the formation of the Australian Commonwealth’s Foundation Navy Part 3
In England Lieutenant William Rooke Creswell RN decided the crowded RN List offered no promise for early promotion. He retired and in 1879 emigrated to South Australia, later working in […]
