PDHS Event: Dive! Australian Submariners at War
The Parramatta and District Historical Society invites you to their February Monthly Meeting when Mike Carlton will speak about his latest book, Dive! Australian Submariners at War.
In a working life of more than fifty years, Mike Carlton was one of Australia’s best-known media figures in radio, television and newspapers. Beginning as a cadet journalist at the ABC, he became a war correspondent in Vietnam. He also reported for the ABC from Jakarta, London, New York and major Asian capitals. In television, he worked on ABC’s groundbreaking This Day Tonight current affairs program in the 1970s and for Nine Network News and A Current Affair. He was also prominent on radio at stations 2UE, 2GB and in Britain.
He is the author of several books on naval history, such as Cruiser: The Life and Loss of HMAS Perth and Her Crew, First Victory, and The Scrap Iron Flotilla.
Mike’s latest book, Dive! Australian Submariners at War, tells the story of the extraordinary deeds done by Australian Submariners in the First and Second World Wars and, more recently, the Cold War.
Submariners are a special breed. Not for them a life on the ocean wave, the fresh air and sunshine of other naval sailors. With stealth and daring, they go deep and dark, alone and unseen, in often dangerous waters. They sometimes call themselves the Silent Service, with good reason.
When: Monday, 17 February 2025 at 7.30 pm
Where: Burnside Gardens Community Centre, 3 Blackwood Place, Oatlands
The presentation is free and will be followed by supper.
Enquiries Jeff Allen at jallen6@bigpond.net.au
Visitors Very Welcome.
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