Guide to the Papers of Alan Zammit [MSS 292]

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Manuscript Name Papers of Alan Zammit
Manuscript Number MSS 292
Last Updated July 2021
Extent 1 AV box
Location Special Collections, UNSW Canberra
Abstract Articles and audiovisual material relating to work of journalist Alan Zammit

Collection Subject Type

Military

Scope and Content

Typescripts, newspaper clippings and photographs relating to Alan Zammit's naval journalism, especially concerning Rear Admiral Harold Farncomb and the Battle of the Coral Sea

Date Range of Content

1988-1989

Biographical Note

Allan Zammit was born in 1927 and joined the heavy cruiser HMAS Australia as a canteen assistant at the age of 17. His service continued on the vessel as part of the Allied occupation forces in Japan in 1947. Joining HMAS Sydney in 1948, his service included two tours of duty in the Korean War. Zammit retired from the Navy in 1955 and wrote naval history for newspapers, journals, and the Australian Dictionary of Biography

References:
Naval Historical Society of Australia, ‘Obituary: Alan Zammit RAN (1927-1997)’ https://www.navyhistory.org.au/tag/naval-historical-society/page/2/ retrieved 2 December 2020

 

Administrative Information

 

Access and Copying Conditions

Access: Open Access

This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy. 

Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved

Preferred Citation

Papers of Alan Zammit, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 292, Box [Number], Folder [Number]

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Subject Keywords

 

Subjects

Alan Zammit, 1927-1997 — Archives

Harold Bruce Farncomb, 1899-1971

World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, Australian

Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942

Admirals — Australia

Personal Names

Alan Zammit, 1927-1997

Occupations

Journalists

Naval officers

 

Container List

 

AV Box 1

Folder 1

Article written by Alan Zammit about Rear Admiral HB Farncomb for the official opening of Farncomb House at the Australian Defence Force Academy by Mrs JR Farncomb and the unveiling of a plaque in honour of her husband (photocopies), 29 September 1989

Article written by Alan Zammit for Naval Historical Review about the Coral Sea Battle and Rear Admiral Farncomb (copy of magazine, September 1988 issue, vol. 9, no. 7)

Newsletter of HMAS Australia Veterans Association (David Hopkins (1989))

Clippings - articles by Tom Jackson, Reveille, and Alan Zammit, The Sun, regarding Rear Admiral Farncomb

Article by Alan Zammit ‘Sons of the Sea’ taken from Naval Historical Review (1956 entry of cadet midshipmen to the RAN College)

Article by Alan Zammit ‘War Heroine Ruby Turns 98’ - Ruby Boye Jones

Article by Alan Zammit ‘Naval Wartime’ - “Hero Helped Rescue Nine Airmen in Atlantic Gale - Death of Captain JM Armstrong”

Copy of Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Vice Admiral Sir John Collins 8 September 1989

Photocopies of correspondence from Alan Zammit to Michael Denholm, 17 July 1989 and 25 October 1989

Folder 2

Photographs :

Rear Admiral HB Farncomb, 1947; Mrs Farncomb at the Australian Defence Force Academy, 29 September 1989; Naval History Conference, 2 July 1989; and Ruby Boye Jones on her 98th birthday, 29 July 1989

Photocopies of photographs taken by Alan Zammit at the Naval History Conference