Exploring HMAS AE1

04/07/2018
His Majesty’s Australian Submarine AE1 was launched in the yard of Vickers Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness, England on 22 May 1913.  She commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 February 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Fleming Besant, RN.  She was the first of two E Class submarines built for the fledgling Royal Australian…

The Aussies in World War I: Remembrance on ANZAC Day

04/27/2017
04/27/2017: Able Seaman Luke Menz of Australia’s Federation Guard, will read a WWI soldier’s letter during the Anzac Day Dawn Service ceremony at Villers-Bretonneux, in France. On Anzac Day, we remember not only the original Anzacs who died on 25 April 1915, but every one of our service men and women…

Medicine and War: Part Three

09/18/2014
09/18/2014: This third video in a three-part video series looks at how medical advances that began 100 years ago are still used today, by both military and civilian hospitals. It asks medical, military and history experts whether dealing with today’s combat injuries– such as IED strikes and post traumatic stress…

Medicine and War: Part Two

09/15/2014
07/15/2014: This second video in a three-part video series looks at how medical advances that began 100 years ago are still used today, by both military and civilian hospitals. It asks medical, military and history experts whether dealing with today’s combat injuries– such as IED strikes and post traumatic stress…

Medicine and War: From World War I to Today

09/12/2014
09/12/2014: This first video in a three-part video series looks at how medical advances that began 100 years ago are still used today, by both military and civilian hospitals. It asks medical, military and history experts whether dealing with today’s combat injuries– such as IED strikes and post traumatic stress…

Phase Five: The B-17 Celebration

07/03/2013
07/03/2013: The next phase was the service in the local church accompanied by the presentation of the colors from several French veteran units.  There was then a ceremony at the war monuments outside the church to those who fought in World War I and World War II. Next there was…