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A PRIVATE LOG OF H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA.

August.1914. to December.1916.

H. Bleackley

                                                                                  

[Transcriber's note: H.M.A.S. Australia was an Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser.  Commissioned in June 1913. She was the Flagship of the Australian Navy. Most of the officers were Royal Navy including the author, out of a total compliment of 820. Engineer Lieutenant Hubert Bleackley R.N. Returned to duty with the Royal Navy in December 1916. The London Gazette of 1 Jan.1942 announced that Engineer Rear Admiral Hubert Bleackley M.V.O. had been made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]

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