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Read more about the article Officers of HMAS Renown at Port Stephens, 1920

Officers of HMAS Renown at Port Stephens, 1920

When Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales and (briefly) future King of England visited Australia in 1920, cities and towns across the nation vied fiercely for a piece of the royal action. The 26-year-old heir to the throne, dubbed "the Digger Prince" by hyper-patriotic Australians keen to see their nation praised for its sacrifice in the recently ended Great War, was not exactly committed to the more demanding aspects of being a British Royal. He'd done a little war service, and his father had sent him on a tour of the dominions as a way of…

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US troops practice landing at Port Stephens, NSW, during World War 2.

The wartime US invasion of Port Stephens

At the peak of the Allied Pacific campaign in World War 2, more than 14,000 American and British troops were based in the Shoal Bay area of Port Stephens. Shoal Bay's famous country club was requisitioned to become a headquarters for part of the amphibious warfare training area known as JOOTS (Joint Overseas Operations Training Services). The Royal Australian Navy called its training establishment HMAS Assault, and the ships HMAS Westralia, HMAS Manoora, HMAS Kanimbla and USS Henry T. Allen were frequently in the port, along with more than 130 other vessels of varying sizes. The…

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