Flagship [electronic resource] : The Cruiser HMAS Australia II and the Pacific War on Japan
Mike Carlton2016
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nd over here'. Many Australian servicemen resented the Yanks and their magnetic
attraction for the local girls. The so-called Battle of Brisbane in 1942 was two
days and nights of out-of-control brawling and rioting, with the Americans on
one side and the Australians on the other. One Australian was killed, and dozens
of other men were wounded. The whole affair was heavily censored.
In March 1942, the ship was stunned by a murder. One night at sea a sailor,
Stoker Riley, was found stabbed and bleeding to death on the fo'c's'le. Before
he died, he named his two attackers, fellow stokers Gordon and Elias. They'd
tried to kill him, he said, because he'd threatened to expose their homosexual
activities in the ship. At a hastily arranged court martial, Gordon and Elias
were found guilty and sentenced to death under British Admiralty law. That
provoked a major constitutional row, because the death penalty did not apply in
Australia. Eventually they were reprieved.
Only weeks...
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Author:
Mike Carlton, Author
Imprint:
Australia : Random House Australia, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (656 pages)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780857987792
Language:
English
BRN:
433314
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