Author: Frank Rands

Some time ago when Peter Smith worked on the Communications History (Link – pg 12) the question was asked why

Some of you will remember the time when the Seaman’s Union were able to increase the pay for merchant seaman

I always knew that the Yeoman of Signals were special, but how can the price of a Chief Yeoman’s Branch

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