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The plaque listing the first block of names heading west from the Statue, numbered 1-8 8 PTE W. G. ROBERTSON 7 SGT L. H. SANDO 6 PTE C. J. RICE NORTH 5 PTE U. M. KEELY 4 L.CPL J. S. DEANE 3 FARRIER A. KEELY 2 SGT H. E. CLARK 1 SGT A. C. HUNTER
Raid on Merseburg - Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant 4/5 April 1945

Lancaster Mk I tail number NA 533 Squadron Code AF-P collided with another aircraft, Lancaster Mk 1 Tail number HK555 Squadron Code KO-E from No. 115 Squadron. The Navigator of Beck's aircraft POFF Bartlett was the only survivor of the 14 crew.
The 2nd/4th Battalions Plaque at the AWM
Plinth on Prescott Terrace listing the names and the number of the plaque at the foot of each Memorial tree indicating the soldier commemorated. Numbers 51-68 extending from the Memorial north along Prescott Terrace. It is unclear why no name is listed against Nos. 54 & 60; they should be PTE W.L. SLAPE and PTE G.E. LeLANT respectively. 67 CPL. F. W. SLAPE 68 PTE. A. H. KING 65 PTE. A. H. BROWN 64 LIEUT. J. HUGHES M.C. 63 GNR. J. S. ROGERS 62 SGT. H. T. L. HUTCHINSON 61 SGT. R. C. V. TEMPLE 60 should be PTE G.E. Le LANT 59 LIEUT. L. GURNER 58 PTE R. B. SHEPLEY 57 LIEUT. G. H. LEAVER 56 PTE. E. A. PREST 55 PTE. J. L. POLLE 54 should be PTE W.L. SLAPE 53 PTE. F. R. BENNETT 52 PTE. P. E. PRIME 51 LIEUT. H. Y. COLLISON
SINGLETON, AUSTRALIA. 1943-01. GUNNERS OF THE 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, TAKING PART, WITH THEIR 25-POUNDER GUNS, IN A GAS-SHELL DEMONSTRATION.

SINGLETON, AUSTRALIA. 1943-01. GUNNERS OF THE 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, TAKING PART, WITH THEIR 25-POUNDER GUNS, IN A GAS-SHELL DEMONSTRATION.
VIEW OF THE VALLEY FROM THE ROAD TURNING INTO THE BRALLOS PASS, LOOKING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH-WEST. IN THIS AREA WERE POSITIONS OF THE 2/11TH BATTALION AND 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT, ON SLOPES BELOW THE ROAD, AND 16TH BRIGADE POSITIONS. SSW IN THE MID-DISTANCE, WERE POSITIONS OF 2 PLATOONS OF 2/8TH BATTALION. SOUTH-WEST AND IN THE DISTANCE, 17TH BRIGADE POSITIONS, AND IN THE FOREGROUND, 2/4TH BATTALION POSITIONS.

VIEW OF THE VALLEY FROM THE ROAD TURNING INTO THE BRALLOS PASS, LOOKING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH-WEST. IN THIS AREA WERE POSITIONS OF THE 2/11TH BATTALION AND 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT, ON SLOPES BELOW THE ROAD, AND 16TH BRIGADE POSITIONS. SSW IN THE MID-DISTANCE, WERE POSITIONS OF 2 PLATOONS OF 2/8TH BATTALION. SOUTH-WEST AND IN THE DISTANCE, 17TH BRIGADE POSITIONS, AND IN THE FOREGROUND, 2/4TH BATTALION POSITIONS.
ONE OF THE GUNS OF THE 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT FIRING AT A JAPANESE POSITION IN THE AREA IN WHICH LIEUTENANT A. CHOWNE, MM, GAINED HIS VC.

ONE OF THE GUNS OF THE 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT FIRING AT A JAPANESE POSITION IN THE AREA IN WHICH LIEUTENANT A. CHOWNE, MM, GAINED HIS VC.
A brochure distributed on the opening of the Memorial 4th September 1920
Lieutenant (Lt) Trevor Owen-Smyth, 10th Battalion. He was a 28 year old station manager from Adelaide, South Australia when he enlisted on 19 August 1914. This photograph was provided by the Adelaide Rowing Club to both the AWM and the Virtual War Memorial Australia.

Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Trevor Owen-Smythe, 10th Battalion who was a 28 year old station manager from Adelaide, South Australia when he enlisted on 19 August 1914.
Studio portrait of NX47935 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Kevin Victor Geyer, No. 1 Independent Company, of Tenterfield, NSW.
Denise Mary Mattie (nee Morris) leading AWAS personnel from 5 Base Ordnance Depot in the VE Day Parade
Group photograph of RAAF recruits at the No.2 School of Technical Training (2STT). AWM P10044.002
Edsar Noblett Army 1941-45. This appears to be a typo his real name was Edgar Reginald Noblett
Raymond Pepper served in Engineer Salvage Companies in he Army 1941-46
Ronald Pescott was Aircrew in the RAAF 9141-45
Francis WINTER's NAA record

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8846608
AWM Honour Roll Entry

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1700153
A 38 Squadron Wellington being 'bombed up' with two torpedoes on Malta.
Enlistment photo
Don Starr was initially drafted into the Militia as were all 'Eligible Males'. In 1942 he transferred to the Navy
The United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation
Ken Lindsay 4MD Signals Keswick Barracks
Doug Phillips Royal Australian Navy Reserve
Ken Aistrope Army 1940-45 Airport Rd Brooklyn Park
WW1 Service Record National Archives

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3454573
L-R Pacific Star, British War Medal 39-45, Australian Service Medal 1939-45, Australian Service Medal 1945-75, Defence Force Service Medal
Glen Thompson served in the RAAF from 1940 unti ll1945
Ralph Spurr served in the RAAF from 1942-1946
DVA Nominal Roll extract - Ralph Spurr

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=955654&c=WW2#R
Cecil Poole served in the RAAF as aircrew
The Bowbridge brothers Bill, Douglas and William served in the Army, Navy and RAAF respectively
DVA Nominal Roll extract - Donald John WOON

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1068540&c=WW2
John McGovern 1943-45
(Irene) Margaret McGovern
Lawrence Hussin served in the navy from 1942-46
Robert Duval served in the Navy from 1944-1946
Ray Henschke served in the RAAF 1942-45
Lawrence Hussin served in the navy from 1942-46
A Personal Diary of Service

SKM_C36823010615250.pdf
Members of the Rowell family of Lockleys South Australia, taken in Pretoria South Africa while they were serving there during the Boer War. L-R Lance Corporal Thomas Hubert Rowell, Lieutenant Frank Milton Rowell (later LTCOL and CO of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli, where he died of wounds on 8 August 1915). LtCol (later Colonel) James Rowell and standing is Trooper Frederic Charles Rowell of the 2nd Imperial Bushmen. Rowell's Rd is a major N/S corridor in the suburb of Lockleys and is named after this family
'Landunna', 111 Hutt St Adelaide, was purchased by Harry Nott, in 1923 after his return from the UK. Having studied radiology after the War's end in London, he returned to Adelaide and purchased 'Landunna' which had been built in 1873. He established Adelaide's first radiology practice in a front room of the house. When WW2 broke out, he sold the house and its new owner turned it into a Guest House and took down the magnificent verandas and renamed the house 'Ulysses'. Later in WW2 it was used as a US Army Officers Club. It was acquired by the Naval Military & Air Force Officers Club in 1957.
Colonel James Rowell, CB, VD. Rowell’s fellow South Australian, A. J. McLachlan, saw him as ‘one of Nature’s gentlemen . . . a perfect soul who never told a lie or turned away from danger’
Lord Kitchener is presented to returned soldiers, veterans of the Boer War, by Colonel James Rowell at the Torrens Parade Ground. Colonel Rowell, the father of Lieutenant General Sir Sydney Rowell, was one of the early volunteer soldiers in South Australia, being commissioned in 1877. He had commanded the South Australian contingent to Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and later the 4th Imperial Bushmen's Corps in South Africa. In 1910 he was the commander of the South Australian Brigade and a consultative member of the Australian Military Board. Identified (order not known): Lieut. Cilaloh; Lieut Peckman; Capt. Blair; Capt. Shapelton OSO; Major Watson; Lord Kitchener; L.C. Ramsay; Col. Rowell CB; Gen. Hoad; Sir Day Hort Bosanquet; Capt. Ryder; Col. Kirkpatrick; Col.Pattinson.
Trove - Family Notice 1919

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5649914
Reg Fltcher was a signaller in the 1st (Militia) Division in WW2
Albert Sherriff flew Special Duties (flying SOE agents into France) Alan Sherriff served in the 43rd Militia Battalion and Harry Sherriff
DVA Nominal Roll extract Charles Edward POMEROY

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=682020&c=WW2
From This Parade Ground The First South Australian Soldiers To Proceed On Active Service Left Adelaide For The South African War 1899-1902. The Number Of South Australians Who Served In This Campaign Was 84 Officers And 1450 Other Ranks
Sergeant Ralph Whittle (aka "Taffy")
Portrait of 3/400223 Private Ronald Francis Alfred Smith, Military Medal, 3 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, Kapyong, Korea. Hele drew Private Smith's portrait when they were both in Japan. In 2000 Smith remembered the incident of Hele drawing his portrait: 'As I recall, I was back in Japan and one afternoon the orderly room sent for me. On arrival I was sent upstairs to a large sunny room where I was introduced to Ivor Hele - the artist. We were then left alone and Ivor commenced to draw my portrait, I remember clearly saying to him - "I can't imagine why anyone would want to capture my image." Ivor replied [that] I had an interesting face. Anyway, I think the portrait took about an hour to complete, Apparently I was chosen because in April 1951 I was awarded the military medal for bravery in the field during the battle of Kapyong. To cut a long story short Ivor Hele was a very nice man. However, I promptly forgot the portrait until some forty five years later I was escorting a group of Melbourne High students ...to Canberra...I was wandering with a group of students, looking at portraits when I saw my portrait. At first I walked past it and then a little tocsin rang in my brain so I walked back again and there I was, large as life. Well I can tell you it did my image no harm at all when we returned to M.H.S. You know how boys are prone to hero worship!'

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