Commander Greg Swinden, RAN

THE NAVY ASHORE DURING WORLD WAR I

KING – HALL NAVAL HISTORY CONFERENCE 23-23 MAY 2013

SCOPE

• Capture of German New Guinea 1914

• The RAN Bridging Train at Gallipoli 1915 and the Sinai 1916-17

• HMAS Pioneer in the German East African Campaign 1915-16

• Punitive Expeditions to the New Hebrides in 1916 and 1918

• Zeebrugge Raid April 1918

• HMAS Swan in Southern Russia December 1918

• HMAS Encounter to Samoa in 1918-19 – Humanitarian Aid in wake of Spanish Influenza outbreak

CAPTURE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA 1914

4 x Adelaide classGuided Missile Frigate (FFG)

CAPTURE OF GERMAN NEW GUINEA 1914

4 x Adelaide classGuided Missile Frigate (FFG)

RAN BRIDGING TRAIN IN MIDDLE EAST

RAN BRIDGING TRAIN IN MIDDLE EAST

HMAS PIONEER IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA 1915-16

HMAS Success

HMAS PIONEER IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA 1915-16

HMAS Success

HMAS PIONEER IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA 1915-16

HMAS Success

PUNITIVE EXPEDITION TO NEW HEBRIDES 1916

(HMAS UNA)

HMAS Sirius

PUNITIVE EXPEDITION TO NEW HEBRIDES 1916

(HMAS UNA)

HMAS Sirius

PUNITIVE EXPEDITION TO NEW HEBRIDES 1918

(HMAS FANTOME)

HMAS Sirius

ZEEBRUGGE RAID - APRIL 1918

ZEEBRUGGE RAID - APRIL 1918

LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK (LHD)HMAS CHOULES

HMAS SWAN IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA - 1918

LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK (LHD)HMAS CHOULES

HMAS SWAN IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA - 1918

LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK (LHD)HMAS CHOULES

HMAS SWAN IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA - 1918

LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK (LHD)HMAS CHOULES

HMAS ENCOUNTER IN SOUTH WEST PACIFIC 1918 -19

LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK (LHD)HMAS CHOULES

HMAS ENCOUNTER IN SOUTH WEST PACIFIC 1918 -19

QUESTIONS ?