HMAS Canberra - Spurling, Kathryn
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This is the story of HMAS Canberra from the time the ship was commissioned in 1928 to the last terrifying moments when HMAS Canberra's fate was sealed. A tribute to the 84 men whose lives were lost, this book tells their stories and those of the men who survived - all share their motivations for joining the Navy and tell what it was like onboard.

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This is the story of HMAS Canberra from the time the ship was commissioned in 1928 to the last terrifying moments when HMAS Canberra's fate was sealed. A tribute to the 84 men whose lives were lost, this book tells their stories and those of the men who survived - all share their motivations for joining the Navy and tell what it was like onboard.
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Dr. Kathryn Spurling served with the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS). Her late father FO Maxwell Norris (RAAF) served with RAF Bomber Command during WWII. After securing her PhD in military history, Dr. Spurling tutored history and strategic studies and guest lectured in history at the University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra. In 2012 she was appointed a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra and in 2014 became an Adjunct Visiting Research Associate with Flinders University. She has lectured extensively overseas on military issues.