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War Memorial
Australia

"on the road to Jerusalem"

PTE B.M. HARKIN, MEDICAL ORDERLY, 106 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (1), DRESSING THE WOUND OF PTE A.J. BASSETT, 8 INFANTRY BATTALION (2).

Glenelg Uniting Church WW1 Honour Board

Opening of the Villers Bretonneux Memorial and adjacent cemetery 1938. Two years later it was overrun by another invadng German Army

A crashed Beaufort A9-467 lies in a field 15 miles west of Bundaberg, following a mid air collision with Beaufort A9-436. The aircraft were from No. 32 Squadron. Both crews, a total of eight men, died in the accident. This image is from the collection of 23650 Sergeant Clifford Vernon James Potter RAAF, who served as a photographer with 8 Service Flying Training School, Bundaberg, Queensland.

AE2 and AE2 alongside at Garden Island in Sydney 1914

This is an image of crowds watching the South Australian troops march past. The photo was taken in 1914.

A Consolidated Catalina aircraft (right), with the serial number A24-100 and code number RK-L of 42 Squadron, RAAF, piloted by 401846 Pilot Officer (PO) (later Flying Officer (FO)) Clifford Dent Hull of Hawthorn, Vic. After completing a successful mine laying operation off Macassar (Celebes) Harbour on the night of 23 & 24 October 1944, the starboard engine of this aircraft was damaged by Japanese anti aircraft (AA) fire. Unable to maintain height on his return and with the second engine failing, PO Hull made a forced landing in the open sea south of the South Western Celebes Peninsula. He and his crew spent the next twelve hours on the water uncomfortably close to four Japanese airfields based in Southern Celebes, before a second Catalina (left), OX-U of 43 Squadron, RAAF, arrived to rescue PO Hull and his crew. A rubber dingy is visible transferring the downed crew to the rescue aircraft. A United States B24 Liberator bomber located the downed Catalina and guided the rescue Catalina in. The B24 continued to circle overhead providing protection. After the disabled Catalina had been sunk by machine gun fire, the rescue Catalina took off and returned safely to Darwin. This operation was one of the epic sea rescues of the Second World War, entailing a round trip of 1800 miles mainly through Japanese held territory. The rescue crew were: 415632 FO (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt, DFC)), Armand Andre Etienne (Captain), of West Perth, WA; 408409 FO (later Flt Lt), Ian McCallister Robson of Sandy Bay, Tas; 428809 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) (later Warrant Officer (WO)), John Joseph Sweeney (Navigator), of Newcastle, NSW, (visible standing on the wing of the rescue aircraft); 428832 Flt Sgt (later WO), Raymond Victor Tumeth of Haberfield, NSW; 428360 Flt Sgt (later WO), Derek Fanshawe Robertson of Camberwell, Vic; 12912 Sergeant (Sgt) (later PO), Robert Richard Tingman of Brighton, Vic; 12223 Sgt (later Flt Sgt), Albert Leslie Warton of Sydney, NSW; A2398 Sgt, Thomas Roy Elphick of Bondi, NSW; 33642 Corporal, James Francis Burgess Oliver of Glen Innes of NSW.

Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension

"Star" boring plant, used by the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company (AEMM).

Ground crew arming a 42 Squadron 'Cat' with mines, PBY-5A Catalina A24-101/RK-G at Lleyte June 1945. Note the USN Martin Mariner in the background.

Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, 39-45 War Medal, 39-45 Australian Service Medal

Flying from Mareeba Qld 18 March 1944 CAC Boomerang of No. 5 Squadron RAAF in "Finger Four" formation

c. 1943. Studio portrait of 411768 Sergeant J. S. Freeth who flew with 455 Squadron. He was credited with sinking a submarine with depth charges in April 1943. He was killed in a flying accident on 24 May 1943. This hand coloured photograph is set in a gold brooch (REL25225) that is inscribed on the back with "To dear John Freeth's mother with regard from his friends at Angus and Coote 1944". Mrs Freeth had refused to give up hope that her son had survived, and it was hoped that by giving her this brooch that she would come to accept his death. (Donor D. Freeth).

"Star" boring plant, used by the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company (AEMM).

MEMBERS OF 8 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 2/27TH INFANTRY BATTALION, GIVING A CHOCOLATE TO A HALF STARVED NATIVE BOY AS THEY PAUSE FOR A REST ON THEIR WAY TO THE TOWN OF SAMBODJA.

Colin Henry Arnott's headstone at Pheasant Wood cenetery near Fromelles France

SX15214, S10005 Gordon NUM

Sister Merle Trenery, presumed lost at sea in the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke on 14 February 1942

PBY Catalinas on the hardstanding at No. 1 FBRD at Lake Boga in Victoria

Back row L-R Malcolm McGhie 10Rft/15th Bn later 4MGCoy and 47th Bn, Jack Judd 12Rft 15th Bn, then 47th Bn and 59th Bn, Gregory Gibson 12Rft 15th Bn then 47Bn, killed at Dernancourt 28/3/18 and buried at Doullens, John Watson 11Rft 15th Bn KIA Bullecourt 11/4/17. Middle Albert Morgan 10Rft 15th Bn, then 47th Bn and Australian Flying Corp, Ernest Corbett, later 46th Bn, Walter Fish, Edmund Hurd 11Rft later 47th Bn and 45th Bns. Front Lennard Wadsley 13Rft 15th Bn then 52nd Bn KIA 10/9/16 Mouquet Farm, Robert Luxton 13Rft KIA 11/4/17 Bullecourt.

6393 Sapper John Frederick BOARDMAN

Common Grave 294 - Lancaster ME -755 'AR-Z'

British War Medal WW1, Victory Medal, War Medal WW2, Australian Service Medal WW2

A memorial to the 460 Squadron crew lost on 13th June 1943

The explosion of the MV Neptuna and clouds of smoke from oil storage tanks, hit during the first Japanese air raid on Australia's mainland, at Darwin on February 19, 1942. In the foreground is HMAS Deloraine, which escaped damage.

NX3689 Oliver Edward Ward known to his family as "Chubby" or "Uncle Chubb" - photo believed to have been taken in Egypt in 1941

This is the ex-passenger liner, HMAT (A11) Ascanius which is the ship that William left on. He was probably on the ship when this photo was taken. People are throwing streamers that are connecting them to the ship.

A Matilda Tank several of which payed a crucial role at Slater's Knoll

Kensal Green Cemetery is a remarkable heritage site in which are interred a large range of notable personalities in modern English history.

Wing Commander Bob McINtosh, AFC OAM MiD, Member SA Veterans Advisory Council

A dugout in the Tobruk area with ships ventilators or 'punkas' erected by the Australian Engineers in occupation

10185 Jack Reed striking a dapper pose

British gunnes try to drag an 18 pounder gun out of the mud. This photo was taken in August 1917, before winter rains set in and made the task of deploying artillery almost impossible.

L-R Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, War Medal 39-45, Australian Service Medal 39-45

Catfield War Memorial - commemorating S/N 1 LT Edward Addy, 9th Battalion

George Arthur Debnam, Phoebe Debnam and their son, George Parkman Debnam. This is a compsite image. George Parkman DOW Gallipoli September 1915, before his father enlisted, aged 50, in February 1917. He survived the War

A Lockheed Hudson in the colours of 6 Squadron, similar in configuration to those operated by No. 2 Squadron in the early part of the Pacific War. This aircraft belongs to the Temora Aviation Museum in NSW.

AE2 in Fittzroy Dock Cockatoo Island Sydney Harbour

A de Havilland Mosquito FB1 of No. 464 Squadron RAAF