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May 1940. Paybook photograph of NX15479 Lance Sergeant Campbell William Ellis, 2/4th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Lance Sergeant Ellis, aged 26, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 30 May 1941. He was the son of Mr and Mrs S. Ellis, of Sydney, NSW. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 11. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
1120 John Peter Pearce ARNOLDT 16th Infantry Battalion
Military Medal and Bar, the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Image courtesy AWM

Military Medal and Bar, the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Image courtesy AWM
Darwin, Australia. 1944-09-08. Members of 19 Works Company, Australian Army Labour Service Corps, during a march past of transportation units on Melville Oval. The salute was taken by NX2 Major-General A S Allen CB CBE DSO VD, General Officer Commanding, Northern Territory Force. Identified, left to right: V23313 Caption J O WILTON (1); V92190 Lieutenant H W Norman (2).
Marie Isabel COOTE - on leave
Studio portrait of 111548 Aircraftwoman Marie Isabel COOTE, taken circa 1944. The photographer is unknown. This version of the portrait has been hand-coloured.
Japanese PoW awaiting transhipment to Japan

Japanese PoW awaiting transhipment to Japan
"Sonny" Wright, Frank's childhood mate enlisted under-age using a borrowed driver's licence and served through WW2 in all theatres and then deployed to Japan as part of the BCOF, where he was accidentally killed in a motor vehicle accident in 1946. He was initially interred under the name C.R. O'Neil - the name of Frank's uncle whose driver's licence Sonny used as ID to enlist. His headstone has since been corrected. He is buried in Yokohama Military Cemetery.

"Sonny" Wright, Frank's childhood mate enlisted as under age and served through WW2 in all theatres and then deployed to Japan as part of the BCOF, where he was accidentally killed in a motor vehicle accident in 1946. He was initially interred under the name C.R. O'Neil - the name of Frank's uncle whose driver's licence SOnny used as ID to enlist. His headstone has since been corrected. He is buried in Yokohama Military Cemetery.
The Kanagawa Prefecture Museum in Yokohama
Troops of the Australian 1st Division Pioneers digging out a 4.5in howitzer near Hannebeek, Belgium, 4 Oct 1917. This was one of the key factors that impaired the provision of artillery support during the latter stages of Third Ypres.

Troops of the Australian 1st Division Pioneers digging out a 4.5in howitzer near Hannebeek, Belgium, 4 Oct 1917. This was one of the key factors that impaired the provision of artillery support during the latter stages of Third Ypres.
Two unidentified gunners sitting beside a 4.5 inch howitzer Mark I in a gun pit of the 102nd Australian Howitzer Battery in northern France in 1916 in the Armentieres / Fleurbaix / Fromelles area. This is a particularly well prepared gun pit with an substantial level of overhead protection against airburst shrapnel shells. It illustrates the classic high firing angle of a howitzer and each man is holding a 35lb / 16kg shell.

Two unidentified gunners sitting beside a 4.5 inch howitzer Mark I in a gun pit of the 102nd Australian Howitzer Battery in northern France. Each man is holding a shell
The 102nd Howitzer Battery, Australian Field Artillery using 4.5 inch Q.F. Howitzers, in action in a wheat field on the morning of the start of the advance. Left to right: Gunner (Gnr) T. F. McDermott (1); Gnr C. E. Brasington (2); Gnr George Brasington (3); Bombardier (Bdr) C. R. Newton (4); Corporal (Cpl) G. Moysey (5); Gnr L. C. Bennison (6); Lieutenant (Lt) L. C. Wade (7); Lt Heppingstone (8); Bdr D. J. McAlister (9); Gnr W. H. Whitburn (10); Sergeant (Sgt) J. H. Cooper (11); Gnr J. A. Riley (12); Gnr W. Campbell (13); Bdr H. F. Renton (14); Gnr W. N. McCallum (15); Sgt J. Shingles (16); Lt N. J. Delaney (17); Bdr E. T. Green (18); Gnr Dyson-Holland (19); Gnr F. Renton (20); Major D. Toomey (21).

The 102nd Howitzer Battery, Australian Field Artillery using 4.5 inch Q.F. Howitzers, in action in a wheat field on the morning of the start of the advance. Left to right: Gunner (Gnr) T. F. McDermott (1); Gnr C. E. Brasington (2); Gnr George Brasington (3); Bombardier (Bdr) C. R. Newton (4); Corporal (Cpl) G. Moysey (5); Gnr L. C. Bennison (6); Lieutenant (Lt) L. C. Wade (7); Lt Heppingstone (8); Bdr D. J. McAlister (9); Gnr W. H. Whitburn (10); Sergeant (Sgt) J. H. Cooper (11); Gnr J. A. Riley (12); Gnr W. Campbell (13); Bdr H. F. Renton (14); Gnr W. N. McCallum (15); Sgt J. Shingles (16); Lt N. J. Delaney (17); Bdr E. T. Green (18); Gnr Dyson-Holland (19); Gnr F. Renton (20); Major D. Toomey (21).
HMAS Brisbane in the Arabian Gulf 1991
HMAS Brisbane in the Arabian Gulf 1991
HMAS Brisbane (II) at sea, displaying the DDG's distinctive profile
HMAS Brisbane I decked out for a review in Sydney in the inter-war years.
HMAS Brisbane in the Arabian Gulf 1991
HMAS Brisbane (II) at sea, displaying the DDG's distinctive profile
Operation Damask December 1990. HMAS Brisbane, Sydney, Supply, Adelaide and Canberra underway
HMAS Brisbane (II) departing Sydney for the Middle East Area of Operations (Gulf War I) december 1990
HMAS Brisbane I decked out for a review in Sydney in the inter-war years.
HMAS Brisbane I decked out for a review in Sydney in the inter-war years.
A gathering at Australia House in Danang in 1967. From left WO2 J.T DURRINGTON, WO2 P. WHITE, WO2 M. “TEX” SINCLAIR, WO2 D.J. WALLNER, WO2 BRUCE DAVIES, WO2 D.F. FORD, WO2 J.A. BOND, WO2 D.T.POWELL and WO2 R.I. OLIVER. WO2 DURRINGTON and WO2 BOND were late killed in action.
Major Bruce Davies, MBE, MiD
407800 Kenneth JOhn NEILL
L-R Stanley, Edward and Marjorie West
Stanley West Discharge Certificate
Leighton (WA ) Battery Heritage Site

http://www.artillerywa.org.au/raahs/history.htm
Gordon Gratton, RAAF 1940-1945
Paddlewheeler making steam on approach to Mannum
Eddie Field Army 1940-1943
Remembering Ray Hopkins 7th Division Signals
Remembering Ray Hopkins 7th Division Signals
Remembering Ray Paterson 6 Service Flying Training School
Commemorating Colin McFeat's service
Commemorating Colin McFeat's service
Remembering Bill Ruxton
Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea. 1943-12-27. A wounded soldier of the 2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion, 21st. Australian Infantry Brigade being assisted to the regimental aid post during the attack on the Japanese held "pimple". identified personnel are: WX14757 Corporal M. Hall, DCM., (1); NX127159 Private R. J. Rowe (2).
Ray Shegog, Army 1941-42
Ray Harris 1943-1946
Douglas Ogilvie Army 1941-46
Ken Hall, Army 1941-1945
Murray Lawson, Airforce , 1940-1945
Nieppe, France. 18 April 1918. A Company Headquarters of the 7th Battalion, established in an old shooting box in the Forest of Neippe, in Northern France. A week earlier on the arrival of the 1st Division at Hazebrouck from the Somme, the Germans were already commencing to penetrate the Forest of Nieppe immediately east of the town. The 7th Battalion, with some of the 1st Pioneer Battalion and a company of machine gunners, pushed through Nieppe Forest, north of La Motte Chateau, and dug in on the north-eastern edge, in touch with the British rearguards. The Australian line, when completed, ran down from Strazeele to the Wood, where it linked up with the British Guards and the 29th Division. The Germans attacked in force on the 14th, but were repulsed; they renewed the attack in the evening, but failed. They never attacked again on these positions.

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