NUSHIP Sydney, the third and final Hobart class destroyer (DDG) built for the Navy, will enter her home port of Sydney for the first time. The 147-metre long warship is arriving exactly 36 years after (to the day) since the last ship to carry the name, the guided-missile frigate HMAS Sydney (IV). NUSHIP Sydney sailed from Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia on Monday, on her first formal voyage prior to commissioning in May. Sydney is the most historic ship name in the history of the Navy,

On Thursday, 5 April 2018, Able Seaman Norman Cooper of Australia’s Federation Guard visited the Australian War Memorial to see medals and information on display that relate to the service of his relative, the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry ‘Harry’ William Murray, VC, CMG, DSO (and Bar), DCM (1880-1966). As a Private in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Henry Murray participated in the allied landing at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli on the 25 April 1915. During his service in Turkey, he was awarded