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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. 

There are The best way to reach me is by e-mail at: macden1@westnet.com.au If you'd like to check the time in Melbourne and in Atlanta,click here.

Here are my latest 12 articles.  See the article listletters archive, or site map to see all of them or to get your bearings. Links to the main features are in the right hand column. If you can't find what you are looking for, try this search page. There is also a search link on each page. 

The Fury Trilogy by Peter Thompson

Shanghai Fury: Australian Heroes of Revolutionary China. Click to read morePeter Thompson's latest tour-de-force, his third book in the Fury Trilogy is Shanghai Fury: Australian Heroes of Revolutionary China. Read the article.

COMPENDIUM: 200 Photostream images of heavy cruiser HMAS AUSTRALIA [II]. Part I. Oct 19, 1939, Damien Peter Parer [1912-1944]

Click to read morePresenting a compendium of links to the 200 [approx] images of the County Class cruiser HMAS AUSTRALIA [II], RAN 1928-1955] showing on this Centenary Photostream. With many outstanding photographs little seen previously, we believe it is one of the outstanding visual records of one of the RAN's most outstanding ships, in peace and in war.  Read the article.

I was invited to present a paper "The Loss of HMAS Canberra 1942."

"Other highlights of the conference included the first hand account of the loss of HMAS Canberra in August 1942 by veteran Mackenzie Gregory and a special guest speaker from the National Defence Institute of Japan." Read the article.

Sydney Harbour Bridge 80 years old

Happy 80th birthday to Sydney Harbour BridgeOn March 19, 2012 the Sydney Harbour Bridge turned 80 years old, and has become a world icon that signifies Sydney. Read the article.

Rhonda Thomas' personal account - "Experiences of an Athenia Survivor"

Athenia artifacts from the Orr family - click to read moreAfter 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.

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.

Quilt for a double bed for my 90th. birthday

Quilt for a double bed for my 90th. birthday click to read moreJayne has made by hand this beautiful patchwork quilt for a double bed for my 90th. birthday. Read the article.

Federal Politics: Gilliard Versus Rudd

What a fascinating time in Federal politics, never in my lifetime has there been such an upheaveal in Canberra. I look to future developments with great interest. Read the article.

Kershaw. Ian. The End The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany

Kershaw. Ian. The End The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany click to read moreThis tour de force by History Professor Ian Kershaw lays out Germany fighting for its very existence. It gives reasons for a continuation of the war against the Allies. Read the article.

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A site Bismarck and the effort to present crew members in portraits and biographical sketches

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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* 15 May 2012 - Letters: Served in HMHS Vita during at the Hermes rescue

* 15 May 2012 - Letters: Did William Richard Cook sail in H.M.S. Curacoa?

* 14 May 2012 - Letters: ALBERT BUTTERFIELD

* 10 May 2012 - Letters: Gun Boats - China Station

* 10 May 2012 - The Fury Trilogy by Peter Thompson:

* 10 May 2012 - Letters: US convoys (1-10) which carried troops from Australia and New Zealand in 1940 and 1941, particularly interested in US3

* 10 May 2012 - Letters: Searching for HMAS Pirie's bell

* 10 May 2012 - Letters: HMAS PIRIE's BELL

* 05 May 2012 - Letters: Father was on Vita when they picked up survivors from the sunken Hermes

* 02 May 2012 - Letters: AE2 sunk near Dardanelles

* 02 May 2012 - Letters: Chester A Lemon VK4CCC Thursday Island

* 02 May 2012 - COMPENDIUM: 200 Photostream images of heavy cruiser HMAS AUSTRALIA [II]. Part I. Oct 19, 1939, Damien Peter Parer [1912-1944]:

* 02 May 2012 - Letters: Image of HMHS Asturias

* 28 April 2012 - I was invited to present a paper "The Loss of HMAS Canberra 1942.":

* 28 April 2012 - Letters: Map of Mediteranian


 

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