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Awarded the following Battle Honours: Beaufort - 1945 Borneo - 1945 Busu River - 1943 Defence of Alamein Line - 1942 Defence of Scarlet Beach - 1943 Defence of Tobruk - 1941 El Alamein - 1942 Finschhafen - 1943 Gusika - 1943 Labuan - 1945 Qattara Track - 1942 Sanyet el Miteirya - 1942 Siki Cove - 1943 Tell el Makh Khad - 1942

227 page autobiography by Air Commodore Lyall Robert Klaffer entitiled "Fighter Pilot". Manuscript details the authors personal history before enlistment. Accounts post-enlistment are divided into chapters based on posting: Enlistment in Citizens Air Force; Flying training at Point Cook; Flying training at RAAF base East Sale; No.3 Squadron; Central Flying School; No. 77 Squadron Japan; 24 City of Adelaide Squadron; Officer Training school Rathmines; No.2 Operational Conversion Unit; No.75 (F) Squadron Malta; ADC to the Governor-General of Australia; No.2 (F) OCU RAAF Williamstown; Central Flying School RAAF Base East Sale; RAAF College Point Cook; No.3 Fighter Combat Instructors Course; Air Armaments School; RAAF Base Williamstown; RAAF Staff College Point Cook; Air Force Headquarters; Central Flying School; No.16 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (US) South Carolina; Headquarter Operational Command; No.1 Squadron Amberley; Base Squadron Amberley; Air Base Butterworth, Malaysia; Air Force office, Canberra. Accounts of active service during the Korean War. Training, conversion and posting experiences through the rest of his career including his role as ADC to Governor-General Field Marshal Sir William Slim. Personal photographs included throughout.

MEMBERS OF 2/28 INFANTRY BATTALION USING A HAND RAILWAY TROLLEY TO MOVE THEIR HEAVY GEAR TO THE NEW UNIT POSITION.

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/LIB100013707

https://laikraksts.com/raksti/raksts.php?KursRaksts=10756

2010_Govor_Latvian_Anzacs.pdf

https://russiananzacs.net/Abelscaln

One of the plaques at the base of each of the memorial trees. Gunner A.E. Richter. Lest we Forget

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3173260

https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=325044

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/272969/francis-winter/

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8855550

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6663337

Stanley Holm Watson - from an image on the Railways Memorial Adelaide Railway Station Concourse.

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1807925

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=284156&c=WW2#R

SKM_C36823010615250.pdf