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HMAS Brisbane (II) departing Sydney for the Middle East Area of Operations (Gulf War I) december 1990
Operation Damask December 1990. HMAS Brisbane, Sydney, Supply, Adelaide and Canberra underway
Major Bruce Davies, MBE, MiD
Ray Shegog, Army 1941-42
Ken Hall, Army 1941-1945
William Mahomet Army 1941-1945
Laurie Gillespie Army 1942-1945
Reg Laught Airforce 1942-1945
Ken Grant Airforce 1940-1946
Part of a large collection of photographs held by the State Library of SA relating to the activities of the Volunteer Defence Corps in SA during WW2. This image shows soldiers training on a WW1 vintage German MG08.15 one of many brought back to Australia as war trophies and often held in RSL halls. Ammunition would have been a challenge as it was not a standard Commonwealth supply item!
VDC soldiers at the Dean Rifle Range near Port Adelaide, using a mixture of Boer War era Lee Metford and more modern Lee Enfield .303 rifles at a range practice in October 1943
Studio portrait of the graduation class at No 1 EFTS, June 1942, Course 25, “C” Flight. The photographer was Frank Boase Studio, Hutt Street, Adelaide. From the collection of the late Jack FRISBY. Back row, from left (the ranks shown are those at time of demobilisation or death): 410403 Cpl Noel Anthony Wilckens; 28698 Cpl Murray Frederick Cleveland; 417178 FO Alan William Morphett Gunson (died 21 September 1943, flying battle over the Atlantic Ocean); 417063 Flt Lt Julius Edward Elkan; 417260 WO Kenneth Walter Garratt. Second row (from back), from left: 410309 Flt Sgt John Malcolm Craig (died 4 June 1944, flying battle over Italy); 420373 WO Forbes Mackay Bill; 410199 LAC Kenneth George Bell; 420815 WO Harold David Houghton; 416970 LAC Arthur Victor Krieg; 410312 FO Douglas Anderson Cumming (died 29 May 1944, flying battle over Italy); Third row (from back), from left: 410325 FO James Frank Doery (died 15 February 1944, accidental in Italy); 410170 FO Francis John Harris; 410142 LAC Russell Benjamin Box; 410411 Flt Sgt Hedley Fletcher; 19907 Flt Sgt Jack Archer Hazeldene (died 7 October 1943, accidental in England); 28655 WO Walker William Kelly; 410141 WO Frank Noel Birch; 416076 Flt Sgt Ross Lange Robertson (killed in a flying battle on 26 March 1944, 466 Squadron RAAF, Germany) Front row (from left): 410159 Flt Lt James Humphrey DFC; 410237 FO Byron Leslie Jackson; 27507 Cpl David Beavan; 410300 FO Malcolm Thomas Boyd; 410157 WO John Bertram (POW, Germany); 417065 WO Jack Milton Frisby.
Fig 5. No. 2 Gun North Head, a 9.2 inch gun, firing to sea. With a range of 28km (Manly to Palm Beach), these guns were the largest employed in Australia's WW2 coastal defence.
Australian Army trainees on a route march near Seymour Victoria, from the Puckapunyal training area
The Allies launch 'Operation Supercharge on 2 Nov 1942 commencing at 2140 (9.40pm) with the heaviest artillery barrage of the Western Desert campaign across a front of six miles.
George "Sonny" Wright
George "Sonny" Wright (centre) with two unidentified colleagues believed to be after the Battle of El Alamein
Some of Mick Martin's crew after the investiture at Buckingham Palace on 22nd June 1943. From left: Left to right: Flt Lt J. F. Leggo DFC and Bar; Flt Lt H. B. Martin DSO DFC ; Flt Sgt T. D. Simpson DFM ; Bob; Pilot Officer B. T. Foxlee DFM.
Lord Kitchener is presented to Boer War Veterans by Colonel James Rowell. Kitchener visited Australia in 1911 as part of a far-reaching review into defence preparedness. As a result, Universal Military Service was introduced.
Group portrait aircrew and army officers, graduates at the School of Army Co-operation (SAC). Identified personnel believed to be in the photograph are; back row: NX58921 Lieutenant (Lt) Patrick Joseph (Pat) Horan (second from left) later awarded the United States Legion of Merit, Legionnaire, for services rendered in the cause of the Allies; Stewart Williams, probably VX45502 Lt Stewart Hammond Williams, (third from left); Keith E Noblet, (extreme right). Front row: SX4550 Captain (Capt) Thomas Fergusson Gill, (third from left); VX7443 Captain (Capt) Hubert (Philip) Braddock, (fourth from right); NX51115 Capt Richard Cornish Garnsey, (extreme right), later awarded the Military Cross for outstanding courage and devotion to duty in the Lae-Finschafen area in New Guinea. Capt Garnsey was later promoted to major with the Land Headquarters. He died in Australia on 24 February 1946 aged 27 years. Capt Gill of Largs Bay, SA, was killed whilst on a reconnaissance flight over Jacquinot Bay, New Britain on 10 September 1943, aged 29 years. Capt Gill was recommended for Mention in Despatches dated 31 July 1943 for his gallant and distinguished services in the South West Papua area. The recommendation was gazetted on 31 December 1943. The SAC was established in late 1941 to instruct pilots and prospective ALOs in the techniques of army operations, the school accorded increased emphasis to the requirements of direct support. The school taught trainees specialised techniques required for tactical reconnaissance and for other close air support of the army ground forces engaged in jungle warfare in the South West Pacific theatre. The SAC was based at RAAF Fairbairn in Canberra
Commonwealth War Graves Record

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2929070/OSWALD%20IAN%20HAMILTON%20STOECKEL/
Harefield Park House, the former home of Mr Charles and Mrs Leticia Billyard-Leake, to become No.1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital from 1914-1919.
An Australian Funeral Procession from 1 AAH Harefield on its way to St Mary's church
L-R British War Medal, Victory Medal, Legion d'Honeur
Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75 clasp 'Vietnam', Vietnam Campaign Medal, Defence Service medal, Republic of South Vietnam
Family funerary memorial at West Terrace Cemetery
Far right
Australian Second World War recruitment poster by James Northfield. The poster depicts a young Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force recruit. In the background to the right of the main figure is a montage of the various duties undertaken by the WAAAF. The aircraft depicted are Bristol Beauforts on the ground and possibly the same in the sky. The WAAAF was formed in March 1941 and disbanded in 1947. It was set up to release male personnel serving in Australia to serve overseas.
WAAAF telegraphist, A.C.W. Nola Walton, from Brighton in Victoria.
A C47, 'REW' tail number A65-48 of No. 36 Squadron over New Guinea in 1945
The Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne, home of No. 1 STT froom 1941
A Consolidated B24 long range Maritime Patrol aircraft of No. 59 Squadron
Corpioral Hartley Ball MERCHANT RAAF
William Harley GEPP , 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Corpioral Hartley Ball MERCHANT RAAF
Sergeant Linley FOSTER, 24 Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery RAA
Sergeant Linley FOSTER, 24 Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery RAA
Private Arthur Victor Hutchinson, a Municipal Surveyor from Newstead in Victoria KIA 11 March 1918 in the German Spring Offensive in northern France
Norwood Memorial - Plaque
Gravestone of H H Croft in Lille Southern Cemetery
Gravestone of H H Croft in Lille Southern Cemetery
Flight Sergeant Llewellyn GRE, cropped from a group photo of his crew members
Fort Scratchley, Newcastle, NSW. 1939. Group portrait of Fortress Company officers, taken in front of a casemate, the tower on the hill top (behind H. Davis) is the Battery Observation Post. Left to right, back row: Ron Thompson, Bill Scott-Fell; C. A. G. Davis; John Laffey; Tom Nicholson; Alf Toose; S. L. (Pip) Martin; Harold Howley; Harold Davis (Garrison Bn); Dick Ford; ? Mortensen; Norm Hely (Garrison Bn); Frank Thompson; Bob Atcheson. Front row: Fred Harden; Dick Mort; Major John Walter Main; Percy (Dobbie) Dobson (probably Captain Percy Walter Dobson, MC, who served in the First World War); Lieutenant Colonel F. V. Thompson (Garrison Bn); ? McMinn; Jack Manning (A. A.). Identification provided by Dick Mort. (Donor J. Main)
No. 15 Squadron Bomber Command - Lancasters L - R standing: Flt Sgt. James "Jim" Mallinson RAAF, Sgt. Dennis Parrish RAF, Sgt. James "Jock" Hepburn DFM - RAF, Flt Sgt. Gerald McPherson RAAF. L - R seated: Flt Sgt. Ron Liversidge RAAF, FSGT Houghton RNZAF (killed on ops with another Crew) Flt Sgt. Wilbert Perry RAAF. After the death of FSGT Houghton Flt Lt. Jeff Clarson RAAF joined as his replacement.
The 4th Battalion parade at the gravesites of the 14 men killed in a training accident. The graves at this site were subsequently re-located to Perth War Cemetery.

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