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	[Australian War Memorial]
		John Howell-Price served with the Royal Naval Reserve from 1915 to 1918 and in the Royal Australian Navy from 1918 to 1921.
		He survived the sinking of the HMS Alcantara in February 1916 and took part in the submarine attack on Zeebrugge, Belgium, on 23 April 1918 for which he received the Distinguished Service Order.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/howell_price/john.htm (124 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Australia's Merchant Marine in Peace and War-
		In July of 1942, Bruno joined the Royal Australian Naval Reserve (Seagoing) as a Lieutenant, and went off to Pearl Harbor to serve in the US Pacific Fleet as a Pilot in a Naval rather than in a Flying capacity, and assisted in the landing preparations for Tarawa.
		All rights of publicity of the individuals named herein are expressly reserved, and, should be respected consistent with the reverence in which this memorial site was established.
		Some were but small companies and maybe operated just one vessel for their own purposes, but in the main, ships carried both passengers and cargo from port to port on the Australian coast.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/AustraliasMerchantMarinei.html (124 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Family History - Armed Services - Personal Records
		Record of service forms for the Royal Australian Naval Reserve from 1897 to 1912 are in CT190/1.
		The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was formed in 1921, and their collection of service records dates from that time.
		A good source of information about service in the Australian Naval Forces from this period is the Australian War Memorialâs series AWM266, containing Australian Naval Forces Engagement and Service records from 1903 to 1911.
	www.aa.gov.au /the_collection/family_history/armed_services.html (1757 words)

	Royal Navy, October 1932
		She was widely considered the pride of the Royal Navy and was often used for ceremonial duties and showing the flag.
		By 1932, the Royal Navy had been forced to accept the idea of parity with the United States Navy, especially concerning capital ships, though the British still maintained an advantage in terms of cruisers and destroyers.
		Last Updated: January 1, 2005 - Reserve Fleet info updated in part, ships under construction added, 1906 Admirals posted; minor corrections elsewhere.
	www.geocities.com /scs028a/royalnavy (382 words)

	History of the Navy, Army & Air Force Reserves
		Compulsory Naval Reserve training was suspended in 1920 and the title Naval Brigade was discarded in favour of the term Royal Australian Naval Reserve.
		On 7 June 1973 the branch of the Reserves confined to officers who followed the sea as a profession, namely the RANR (Sea-going), and the RAN Volunteer Reserve were absorbed into the Royal Australian Naval Reserve.
		Naval and Air Force Reserves resource allocations fell markedly, their relative strengths were not maintained and they were gradually removed from the most attractive ‘sharp-end’ operational roles.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/other/reserves.htm (382 words)

	Queensland Naval Brigade
		In 1901 the colonies of Australia were united to become the commonwealth of Australia, the Queensland naval brigade then became part of the commonwealth naval force and in part of the royal Australian reserve, where some members saw active service in the Gallipoli campaign in world war one.
		After the China campaign, Captain Cresswell went on to become the founder of the Commonwealth Naval Force and is sometimes referred to as the "Father" of the Royal Australian Navy.
		In 1900 the Queensland naval brigade was invited to participate with the New South Wales and Victorian naval brigades to form a contingent to assist the royal navy to put down the Boxer Rebellion in north china; this campaign was to be called the 3rd china war of 1900.
	homepage.powerup.com.au /~qdeck/navy.htm (436 words)

	Naval Reserve Cadets (Australia)
		The ensign of the Naval Reserve Cadets is 'national flag' blue, with the Australian white ensign at the canton, and with a badge at the fly.
		It is navy blue, with the Australian white ensign in the canton, and with a royal crown in full colours in the middle of the fly.
		The badge has a yellow trident penetrating a yellow naval crown, surrounded by a yellow-outlined 'national flag' blue circular scrool bearing the words 'Naval Reserve Cadets' in yellow.
	flagquest.com /FOTW/flags/au~nrc.html (436 words)

	All Hands - Guidelines
		Navy - Lower case when referring to naval forces of other nations, unless the word navy is part of the formal title: British Navy, Her Majesty's Royal Navy, Australian Royal Navy.
		Reserves, Reservist(s): Can stand alone on second reference in uppercase, either as a noun or adjective, as "Reserve." Lowercase only in the case of "reserve components." Reservist is always capitalized.
		Doctors in the Navy are identified as CDR (Dr.) John J. Jones on first reference; Dr. Jones or by last name thereafter.
	www.mediacen.navy.mil /pubs/allhands/guidelines.htm (1778 words)

	History of the Navy, Army & Air Force Reserves
		Reserve forces in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) were established on 14 November 1921, well after those of the other two Services.
		The part-time forces of Navy and Air Force, because of their smaller scale and generally subsidiary importance, are discussed in less detail and with a sharper focus on organisational changes.
		Naval and Air Force Reserves resource allocations fell markedly, their relative strengths were not maintained and they were gradually removed from the most attractive ‘sharp-end’ operational roles.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/other/reserves.htm (5712 words)

	Royal Naval Reserve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		the Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR), the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR), etc. Previously there were also colonial RNVR units, e.g.
		The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom.
		The present Royal Naval Reserve was formed in 1958, merging the former Royal Naval Reserve, founded in 1859 as a reserve of professional seamen, and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR), a reserve of volunteers founded in 1903.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/RNR (174 words)

	Navy League of Australia - State Divisions
		My brother in law at the time was a navigator in the Navy, so I knew a little about naval service, and most of the medical officers at the Alfred Hospital, where I was on the staff, were members of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve at that time.
		I initially joined the Royal Australian Naval Reserve at HMAS LONSDALE, closed down in 1992 and now apartments, as I felt strongly about the Vietnam war and wished to go as a medical officer.
		Australia suffered her last world war 2 casualty when HMAS Warrnambool was sunk after hitting an Australian laid mine off the Queesnland coast.
	navyleag.customer.netspace.net.au /sd_05a.htm (174 words)

	Navy League of Australia - State Divisions
		My brother in law at the time was a navigator in the Navy, so I knew a little about naval service, and most of the medical officers at the Alfred Hospital, where I was on the staff, were members of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve at that time.
		I initially joined the Royal Australian Naval Reserve at HMAS LONSDALE, closed down in 1992 and now apartments, as I felt strongly about the Vietnam war and wished to go as a medical officer.
		Australia suffered her last world war 2 casualty when HMAS Warrnambool was sunk after hitting an Australian laid mine off the Queesnland coast.
	navyleag.customer.netspace.net.au /sd_05a.htm (174 words)

	Navy League of Australia - State Divisions
		My brother in law at the time was a navigator in the Navy, so I knew a little about naval service, and most of the medical officers at the Alfred Hospital, where I was on the staff, were members of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve at that time.
		I initially joined the Royal Australian Naval Reserve at HMAS LONSDALE, closed down in 1992 and now apartments, as I felt strongly about the Vietnam war and wished to go as a medical officer.
		Australia suffered her last world war 2 casualty when HMAS Warrnambool was sunk after hitting an Australian laid mine off the Queesnland coast.
	navyleag.customer.netspace.net.au /sd_05a.htm (174 words)

	HMAS Swan and Gordon Dell
		After the war ended, the Parramatta class destroyers were laid up in reserve, then stationed at chief Australian ports as Drill Ships for the Royal Australian Naval Reserve.
		HMAS Swan remained in commission in Australian coastal waters until 18 June 1920 when she paid off into reserve in Sydney.
		From 1915 until 1926 the Naval Training School was headquartered in what became the Thyne Building in York Street.
	www.onthetide.com /code/index.php3?action=story&n=99999&id=57 (174 words)

	Bernacchi, Louis Charles - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
		Assistant, Melbourne Observatory 1895-97; physicist-astronomer, Borchgrevink's "Southern Cross" Antarctic expedition 1898-1900; physicist, British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-04; explorer, Africa and Peru 1905-06; rubber planter, Malaya 1907-14 and after World War I; lieutenant commander, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, anti-submarine division, Naval Staff, Admiralty and United States Navy 1914-19.
		Organised the British Polar Exhibition 1930; helped to organise the Second International Polar Year 1931-32; lieutenant-commander, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, working on the organisation of 'Q' ships 1939-42.
		Louis Charles Bernacchi joined the "Southern Cross" expedition 1898-1900 as a physicist and astronomer and was the first Australian to work and winter in Antarctica.
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/biogs/P001408b.htm (174 words)

	Far East Strategic Reserve Navy Association (Australia) Inc.
		An initiative of the Bundamba Anzac Observance Committee will see the service of Royal Australian Navy personnel and the warships in which they served recognized for tours of duty in the Far East Strategic Reserve during the Malaysian confrontation.
		HMAS BRISBANE, a Charles F. Adams Class DDG, was built by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in the USA, and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on 16 December 1967.
		An announcement on whether HMAS Brisbane is to be preserved after naval service, or sunk as a dive-wreck, will be made in the next few months, Mr Scott said.
	www.fesrassociation.com /archives/7.htm (174 words)

	Walkabout - Jervis Bay
		The Royal Australian Naval College no longer exists as it was absorbed into the Australian Defence Force Academy but some officer training still occurs at Jervis Bay.
		Thus 7400 hectares of land at the southern end of Jervis Bay were officially handed over from the NSW to the Commonwealth Government to be developed as a port and naval base.
		The Wreck Bay area was designated a reserve in 1928 but, by the time it was gazetted in 1952, the extent of the reserve had shrunk considerably.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/NSWJervisBay.shtml (3551 words)

	O'Malley
		Royal Australian Navy commission as Lieutenant (on probation) (Sp.Br.) Charles Ernest Denis O'Malley RANVR to HMAS LADAVA (Additional works, Projects, etc) 25 September 1944
		Royal Australian Navy commission as Lieutenant (on probation) (Sp.Br.) Charles Ernest Denis O'Malley RANVR to HMAS MORETON dated 19 December 1944
		Letter dated 23 April 1948 to Secretary, Australian Naval Board, detailing successful refloating/salvage activities:
	members.dodo.net.au /~mervynw/O'Malley.htm (3551 words)

	Mackey, George William - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
		Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Australian Naval Reserve till 1941.Transferred to the RAAF in 1941 and served as Squadron Leader in Malaya, Sumatra and Darwin.
		Educated: Christian Brothers' College, Perth; Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay, 1920-1922.
		Mackey worked for the Bureau of Meteorology for 44 years (1927-1971) and was Deputy Director, Hobart, 1944-1946, Adelaide, 1947-1948, and Perth, 1949-1971.
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/biogs/P003277b.htm (168 words)

	Walkabout - Jervis Bay
		The Royal Australian Naval College no longer exists as it was absorbed into the Australian Defence Force Academy but some officer training still occurs at Jervis Bay.
		Thus 7400 hectares of land at the southern end of Jervis Bay were officially handed over from the NSW to the Commonwealth Government to be developed as a port and naval base.
		The Wreck Bay area was designated a reserve in 1928 but, by the time it was gazetted in 1952, the extent of the reserve had shrunk considerably.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/NSWJervisBay.shtml (3551 words)

	HMCS HAIDA - Intro
		After her formal welcoming ceremony, HMCS HAIDA is being positioned for permanent berthing at HMCS Star Naval Reserve Unit.
		She is the last remaining example of the 27 Tribal Class destroyers built for the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy between 1937 and 1945.
		elcome to HMCS HAIDA National Historic Site and historic naval ship.
	hmcshaida.ca (3551 words)

	Lost: Overview
		The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai, crewed mainly by members of the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANVR), was one of the fleet of eight vessels requisitioned for the RAN from Cam & Sons at Pyrmont in Sydney.
		Not only direct enemy action but also floating mines, fire, sudden squalls, treacherous seas, being washed overboard and drowning were some of the perils faced by those at sea in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.
		HMA Ships Perth and Yarra, which had survived the actions in the Mediterranean in 1940 and 1941, as well as HMAS Canberra, which had patrolled the Indian Ocean trade routes, were among the Australian warships that returned to fight in the Pacific.
	www.ww2australia.gov.au /waratsea/lost.html (1046 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-AE 1, AE 2, and J Class Submarines in The Royal Australian Navy-
		His vision wanted to keep J3, J4, and J7 operational, with J1, J2, and J5 to be laid up in Reserve at Flinders Naval Depot, and the Naval Board approved.
		Captain Boyle wanted his submarines to be part of the 1921 Naval Summer Cruise to Tasmania, but the Fleet surface ships were going to exercise in the Jervis Bay area, some 100 miles south of Sydney.
		By early March the flotilla was back at Geelong, and finally they were ready for 3 Submarines to go to FND to be placed into Reserve.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/AE1AE2andJClassSubmarines.html (1046 words)

	Lost: Overview
		The auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangai, crewed mainly by members of the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANVR), was one of the fleet of eight vessels requisitioned for the RAN from Cam & Sons at Pyrmont in Sydney.
		Not only direct enemy action but also floating mines, fire, sudden squalls, treacherous seas, being washed overboard and drowning were some of the perils faced by those at sea in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.
		HMA Ships Perth and Yarra, which had survived the actions in the Mediterranean in 1940 and 1941, as well as HMAS Canberra, which had patrolled the Indian Ocean trade routes, were among the Australian warships that returned to fight in the Pacific.
	www.ww2australia.gov.au /waratsea/lost.html (1046 words)

	HMCS HAIDA - Intro
		After her formal welcoming ceremony, HMCS HAIDA is being positioned for permanent berthing at HMCS Star Naval Reserve Unit.
		She is the last remaining example of the 27 Tribal Class destroyers built for the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy between 1937 and 1945.
		elcome to HMCS HAIDA National Historic Site and historic naval ship.
	www.hmcshaida.ca (234 words)

	HMCS HAIDA - Intro
		She is the last remaining example of the 27 Tribal Class destroyers built for the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy between 1937 and 1945.
		After her formal welcoming ceremony, HMCS HAIDA is being positioned for permanent berthing at HMCS Star Naval Reserve Unit.
		elcome to HMCS HAIDA National Historic Site and historic naval ship.
	hmcshaida.ca (234 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-AE 1, AE 2, and J Class Submarines in The Royal Australian Navy-
		The Admiralty helped by allowing recruiting to be made amongst British Naval personnel, and 31 Australian sailors had opted for the Submarine Service.
		At Board level it was suggested that 2 J's be maintained and the other 4 be placed in Reserve, but by the end of July, Boyle laid out his plans for the future employment of these 6 J Class.
		What ever may have been the prevailing view on the use of Submarines as an arm of Naval Warfare, a Naval phenomenon that would change history when related to the war at sea had been born.
	ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/AE1AE2andJClassSubmarines.html (7258 words)

	Jersey Roll of Honour - L -
		LE SUEUR, Philip Clement - St.H. Petty Officer 73 1st Reserve, Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train D 16/08/1915.
		LE CLEARE, Louis Joseph - St.H. Rifleman 10180 Depot, Royal Irish Rifles formerly 7th Bn.
		LE FEUVRE, William Frederick - St.H. Lance Corporal 4158 7th Bn., Royal Irish Rifles 22/05/1917.
	www.jersey-medals.com /jerrolofhonl.html (7258 words)

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