Is there any way of finding out which Royal Navy ships docked in Brisbane during WW2 My Cousin says his family were visited by a British Sailor during the war which at the time he found quite strange as the ship was not in Brisbane long and they lived out of Brisbane and it would have taken some time to travel to them...... and he always wondered why...as there were a lot of wispered conversations during the visit..... It has come to light now that the Sailor was his half brother by his Father who was stationed in England during WW1.......... which explains why he did the long journey on short leave..... My Cousin is getting on a bit now and would like to see if this Sailor had any Family in England...he has a name and approximate date of birth which would put him in his 90's ..... he even has a photo of him I have tried the site for Royal Navy Crews... but it only goes up to 1923...in doing so I found my own Grandfathers records....as he joined in 1909 which was a bonus. Does anyone know if there would be a site for England.....like our National Archives site that lists all Australian Servicemen....... If I could find the ships that docked in Brisbane it may narrow down my search. Any suggestions would be appreciated. cheers Jan

Hi Jan, I would think that Trove would be a good source of information. Search the Brisbane papers for the war years, looking for visiting Naval ships. Happy hunting Janet

On a lighter note, I can recall a bunch on R.N. sailors attending a dance in the small country town where I lived, about 100 miles from Brisbane, in the latter years of W.W.II. They behaved in the typical manner of all "Sailors On Leave", and a good time was had by all. Their favourite comment was "He's crackers! He's daft.", - which became the favourite catchword for all of us for several weeks afterwards. The name of their ship is nestling somewhere in my grey matter, - if it surfaces, I'll send another message. Edna MacPherson Sabato ----- Original Message ----- From: "doug&jan" <jst88221@bigpond.net.au> To: "Aus Qld" <AUS-QLD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:51 AM Subject: [AUS-QLD] Naval Ships > Is there any way of finding out which Royal Navy ships docked in Brisbane > during WW2

Thanks for the replies .... gives me somewhere to start Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna MacPherson SABATO" <ceilidh@sabatech.net> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Naval Ships > On a lighter note, I can recall a bunch on R.N. sailors attending a > dance in the small country town where I lived, about 100 miles from > Brisbane, in the latter years of W.W.II. > They behaved in the typical manner of all "Sailors On Leave", and a > good > time was had by all. > Their favourite comment was "He's crackers! He's daft.", - which > became > the favourite catchword for all of us for several weeks afterwards. > The name of their ship is nestling somewhere in my grey matter, - if it > surfaces, I'll send another message. > Edna MacPherson Sabato > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "doug&jan" <jst88221@bigpond.net.au> > To: "Aus Qld" <AUS-QLD@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:51 AM > Subject: [AUS-QLD] Naval Ships > >> Is there any way of finding out which Royal Navy ships docked in Brisbane >> during WW2 > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3408 / Virus Database: 3222/6680 - Release Date: 09/19/13 >