AUSTRALIANS AND THE SEA.
Ono of the most gratifying features in connection with our naval development (said the report of the Australian National Defence League) was the voluntary response of Australians to j the "call of the sea." Already about 2000 Australians, men and boys, are in the fleet unit, the great majority having been recruited during the last | twelve months or so. Of the total personnel—34oo—of the Australian Navy, about 900 had been lent from the Royal Navy; and of the crew of the Australia 47 per cent, were Australians. This sea-readiness of the Australians was in striking contrast with the naval experience of Canada, where recruiting for its naval forces was a complete failure. . . ...
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13825, 23 September 1913, Page 3
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116AUSTRALIANS AND THE SEA. Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13825, 23 September 1913, Page 3
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