Author: Frank Rands

This is to let you know that I am changing my surname, back to my original birth name of Houghton.  

Can anyone out there help Irene?  If you can help Irene please leave a comment to this post. I am

Hello,  I was stationed aboard the USS Racine, LST 1191 and in the early 90’s and had the privilege of

The question on who was the first Warrant Officer has now been answered with a document viewed from the Archives.

Here are two images from HMNZS Breeze at Tulagi 1944.  There were no names with the images which were sourced

Here is a challenge for you to translate.  The phrase was taken from the All Hands – The Lower Deck

This is part of our past and it is good to see that an upstanding Petty Officer Yeoman of Signals

Going to be in the Bay of Islands on 30th April 17 ?? The next Northland Luncheon will be held

Here is an image of a number of sailors whose hometown was Wellington.  The sailors who were serving in HMNZS