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| 3282 | Landing Ship Infantry. 96p., illus. Sydney: Sands, 1947.
A souvenir magazine for the crew of Westralia, covering her service from May 1943 to the end of the war. |
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| 3283 | CHATE, John P. Lady Yetive. 110p., illus. Carlton, N.S.W.: Grafton, 1983.
A rare personal memoir of the 1945 mission of the Lady Yetive (AK127), one of the Australian Water Transport Small Ships, to bring back to the War Cemetery at Port Darwin twenty bodies of R.A.A.F. airmen who died when their planes crashed on islands off the North Australian coast. First published in a limited edition of 75 copies. |
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| 3284 | EATHER, Mervyn, & GALMÉS, Bill. Taken by Storm: The True Story of HMAS Manoora's Experiences in the South West Pacific Theatre of War. iv, 252p., illus. Highett, Vic.: HMAS Manoora Association, c.1996. ISBN: 0646307002.
The story of Manoora's service in the period after her conversion from an Armed Merchant Cruiser to an LSI in 1944–45. |
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| 3285 | EVANS, Peter. Fairmile Ships of the Royal Australian Navy. 2 vols., bibliog., illus., index. Loftus: Australian Military History Publications, 2002-2005. ISBN: 1876439297 (Vol.1); 1876439866 (Vol.2).
The first volume covers design and operations, the second reminiscences. The author died before the work was completed and Richard Thompson completed the second volume. A substantial work on a little known area. |
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| 3286 | GRIFFITHS, Owen E. Cry Havoc: The Story of HMAS Kanimbla. 14p., illus. Sydney: LC Publishing Co., 1949.
The story of an Armed Merchant Cruiser on the China Station and in the Indian Ocean. |
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| 3287 | LUNNEY, Bill, and FINCH, Frank. Forgotten Fleet: A History of the Part Played by Australian Men and Ships in the US Army Small Ships Section in New Guinea 1942–1945. 192p., bibliog., illus. Medowie, N.S.W.: Forfleet, 1995. ISBN: 0646260480.
A mix of reconstructed history, memories, and lists of ships and personnel reconstructs a small but forgotten part of the war, but one which sustained the important New Guinea Campaign. A second edition was published in 2004 as Forgotten Fleet 2. ISBN: (0975168304). |
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| 3288 | NESDALE, Iris. Small Ships at War: They Joined the RAN. xiv, 253p., bibliog., illus., index. [n.p.: author],1993. ISBN: 094955202X.
A curious mixture of reminiscence, copied documents, and particulars of vessels which opens up a neglected area from boom defence vessels to tugs to special forces. |
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| 3289 | PRZIBILLA, Kay. Manoora at Sea, 1935–1961. 166p., illus. Manoora, S.A.: author, 1993. ISBN: 0646128116.
Manoora was one of the three ships commissioned into the Navy in 1939 as armed merchant ships, and then converted to Assault Ships in 1942/4, with the landing craft and specially trained landing craft crew. Includes list of AIF, navy and RAAF and peace time personnel. |
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| 3290 | RHYS, Lloyd. My Ship Is so Small. ix, 128p., illus. Melbourne: Georgian House, 1946.
The story of the little ships of the RAN - the Naval Auxiliary Patrol and the Fairmiles. |
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| 3291 | SHERMAN, Peter. Cry havoc!: H.M.S.-H.M.A.S. Kanimbla goes to war. 240p., illus. Glen Waverley, Vic.: P. Sherman, [1994]. ISBN: 0646184512.
A history of her wartime career. |
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| 3292 | SHERMAN, Peter. Cry havoc! H.M.S.-H.M.A.S. Kanimbla: a postscript. 240p., illus. Glen Waverley, Vic.: P. Sherman, [1994]. ISBN: 0646238221.
More on her wartime career. |
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| 3293 | SILVER, Lynette Ramsay. Krait: The Fishing Boat that Went to War. x, 181p., bibliog., illus., index. Birchgrove, N.S.W.: Sally Milner, 1992. ISBN: 186351063X.
Used in an escape from Singapore, Krait returned for a daring raid on the harbour in 1943. She was based on Darwin and used for special operations for the rest of the war. After a chequered career she is now in the Australian Maritime Museum. This book seeks the truth lying under the many myths, lies, and tall tales. |
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| 3294 | STEWART, David. HMAS Yandra: A Story of a Small Naval Vessel in a Large War. Her Career in World War II. 127p., illus. Kenmore, Qld.: [author], 1997.
She was taken up for local duties and performed antisubmarine patrols in Sydney Harbour, acted as a local escort and finally was used as a training ship. |
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| 3295 | SWAN, William N. Spearheads of Invasion: An Account of the Seven Major Invasions Carried out by the Allies in the South West Pacific Area during the Second World War, as Seen from a Royal Australian Naval Landing Ship Infantry. xii, 307p., illus. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, [1953].
The tale of the landings is tied together by the story of the LSI Westralia which assisted landings from New Britain to Balikpapan. |
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| 3296 | The Canadians at War, 1939/45. 2 vols., bibliog., illus., index. Montreal: Readers' Digest, 1969. ISBN: 0888501617 (Vol.1).
A whole series of vignettes and human interest stories |
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| 3297 | The Tools of War 1939/45 and a Chronology of Important Events. 255p., bibliog., illus., index. Montreal: Readers' Digest, 1969. ISBN: 088850148X. A companion volume to The Canadians at War. |
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| 3298 | ABBOTT, K. Gathering of Demons: 407 Demon Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force, during Its First Year of Operations, Between May 8 1941 and June 30 1942 when It Was Engaged on Low Level Shipping Attacks Along the Coasts of Occupied Europe. 228p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: Inkerman House, 1987. ISBN: 096926710X.
A personal account of operations in Hudsons off the Dutch and German coasts. |
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| 3299 | CANADA. Department of National Defence. Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. 3 vols., illus., index. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1955–1960.
This full history gives accounts of those occasions when the operations of Army and Navy combined. |
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| 3300 | DOUGLAS, W. A. B. The Creation of a National Air Force (The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force, volume II). xix, 797p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: Toronto UP, 1986. ISBN: 0802025846.
This volume covers the years 1918–1945 and is much concerned with the role of the RCAF in the defence of Canada and in particular antisubmarine warfare. |
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| 3301 | DOUGLAS, W. A. B., & GREENHOUS, B. Out of the Shadows: Canada in the Second World War. 288p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto: OUP, 1977. ISBN: 019540257X.
A popular and heavily illustrated critical view which pays some attention to the Canadian contribution to the war at sea. |
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