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Mac Gregory
15 May 2012
This site is dedicated to all "Who went down to the sea in ships" in World War 2, in whatever capacity they may have served the cause of freedom, but especially to the Eighty Four Officers and Men who died in H.M.A.S. Canberra at the Battle of Savo Island, on the 9th of August, 1942.
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Rhonda Thomas' personal account - "Experiences of an Athenia Survivor"
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 After Athenia was sunk on day one of WW2 a great deal was written about the loss and we decided to devote the Athenia Pages to the subject on our AHOY site. The latest addition is an account by Rhonda Thomas of her experiences in that ship on the day of the torpedoing.
Nothing beats the written personal account of a survivor, and this piece adds to our knowledge and understanding of a momentous event on the very first day of the start of WW2. Read the article.
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Can the PM hold the fort and have any chance of winning that battle? right now Tony Abbott is poised to be our next Prime Minister in 2013. The Federal Parliamentary scene remains a fascinating study for Canberra watchers, of which I must confess I am one of them. Read the article.
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A new site about the Bismarck and the effort to present crew members in
portraits and biographical sketches in German and English
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