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Family dedication to Cpl Herbert (Bert) Andrew Smythe on the Bullecourt Petit Croix

Family dedication to Cpl Herbert (Bert) Andrew Smythe on the Bullecourt Petit Croix
The Smythe Boys 1912 L to R Vernon Erle Smythe (Capt MC, 3rd Bn), Herbert Andrew Smythe (Cpl, KIA 3/5/1917, Bullecourt ii) Percy Smythe (2nd Lt, 24th Bn, MC), Edward Vivian Smythe (Major, 17th Bn, MC+Bar)

The Smythe Boys 1912 L to R Vernon Erle Smythe (Capt MC, 3rd Bn), Herbert Andrew Smythe (Cpl, KIA 3/5/1917, Bullecourt ii) Percy Smythe (2nd Lt, 24th Bn, MC), Edward Vivian Smythe (Major, 17th Bn, MC+Bar)
Studio portrait of 1175 Acting Sergeant Herbert Andrew Smythe, F Company, 3rd Battalion, of Gladesville, NSW. Corporal (Cpl) Smythe enlisted on 21 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides on 20 October 1915. He was killed in action at the second battle of Bullecourt on 3 May 1917. His brother Viv wrote the following notes referring to the location of his brother's burial on the back of the photograph 'OG2. Hindenburg Line E. of Bullecourt. Buried in trench 3rd bay to left of dugout to L (left) of sap leading to OG1 next to T.M. position. Map reference. France 51BSW, 1/20,000, U23C 4.25. 2.5.' This grave was not located at the end of the First World War and he is memorialised at Villers-Bretonneux. Cpl Smythe is one of four Smythe brothers, they were: Major Edward Vivian "Viv" Smythe MC and Bar, 17th and later 24th Battalion; Lieutenant Percy Ellesmere Smythe MC, 3rd and later 24th Battalion and Captain Vernon Erle Smythe MC and Bar, 3rd, 4th and later 56t Battalion, and a brother-in-law, Lieutenant George Roy McPhee Croix de Guerre, who all served with the AIF.

AWM P04628.001
Sgt Bert Smyth, 3rd Battalion

Sgt Bert Smyth, 3rd Battalion
Pte Bert Smythe

Pte Bert Smythe
2603 Gnr Arthur Rayworth Davison, later killed on 20 August 1917
A photograph of Vernon Smythe taken presumably shortly after enlistment and before embarkation
Studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Vernon (Vern) Erle Smythe MC and Bar, 56th Battalion, of Jerilderie, NSW. Capt Smythe was one of four Smythe brothers who served in the First World War: 1175 Corporal (Cpl) Herbert (Bert) Andrew Smythe, killed in action 3 May 1917; 2nd Lieutenant Percy Ellsmere Smythe MC and Bar; Captain Edward Vivien (Viv) Smythe MC; and brother-in-law Lieutenant George Roy McPhee, Croix de Guerre.

AWM P04630.001
An AAMWS recruiting poster
An extract of the 'Volunteer Defence Corps Handbook', showing the key features of the Lewis light machine gun, a WW1 era weapon which saw widespread use in WW2
A Bofors Gun Crew of the 4th (Qld) Battalion VDC, man a Bofors 40mm anti aircraft gun having been cross-trained to form part of Brisbane's anti-aircraft defences. The men to the right rear are holding five-round clips of ammunition. The gun fires automatically until it exhausts the ammunition in its clip. as long as the gunner keeps the pedal depressed
Two members of the Women's National Emergency Legion (WNEL) on duty as mine-watchers on the bank of the Brisbane River, November 1942. Mine-watchers, under the control of the Royal Australian Navy, were women volunteers who manned posts along the river, many of which were sited in private backyards. AWM P01554.002
An extract of the VDC Training Booklet - the .303 standard issue Lee Enfield no. 1 Mk III
Candidates for enlistment into the VDC on the far west coast of SA gather near Ceduna from surrounding farms.
One of two 6" breech loading guns mounted at Fort Scratchley Newcastle.
Crew and ground staff stand in front of one of the Lockheed Hudsons of No. 2 Squadron RAAF at Batchelor, Northern Territory, in October 1942. Nos 2 and 13 squadrons were the main strike force in the Northern Territory in 1942, as well as a key means of reconnaissance of enemy ports. The photographed Hudson was crash-landed the following March and converted to components. AWM 027611, photographer: William Sanders
VDC Motor Spirit (petrol) ration tickets used by VDC Members to procure fuel for vehicles used in VDC activities
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.
A searchlight crew of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) stands in front of its searchlight as part of a street display during Army Week in support of the Third Liberty Loan, Perth, March 1943. I was desperate to enlist in the army, having learnt Morse Code in anticipation of joining up, but my father refused to sign my papers. After much pleading and threats to join when I was twenty-one, he relented, and in August 1942 his fifth child was serving in the Australian Women's Army Service. (Image: AWM 029770, quote: Sister Julia O'Sullivan, Tell Us Your Story, www.anzac.dpc.wa.gov.au
A Bristol Beaufort of No. 7 Squadron in dispersal for servicing near Townsville in early 1942. Beauforts were among a number of aircraft types built under licence in Australia by the Department of Aircraft Production.
Group portrait of participants of the No 2 Bombing and Gunnery School (BAGS), Course 30, on graduation day. Left to right, back row, is: Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Reader; LAC O'Sullivan; LAC Ziersch probably 417690 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Leslie Ernest Ziersch (lost on operations over the United Kingdom on 11 April 1944); 417830 LAC Geoffrey O'Halloran Giles; 417820 LAC Frederick Dyer; LAC Ballinger; LAC Sincock; LAC Parham; LAC Johnson; LAC Quinlivan; LAC Willington; LAC Banfield; LAC Payne; LAC Kirkham; LAC Bonham; LAC Kerfoot; 419298 LAC (later Flying Officer [FO]) Harry Ronald Crout (lost on operations over France on 10 May 1944); LAC Phillips; LAC Porter; LAC Wallace. Third row: 427438 Flt Sgt Gergo Caveridge (lost on operations over Germany on 28 September 1944); Clark; Dutton; 427502 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Paulus Senor Coronel (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 25 September 1944); Lamberton; 417821 LAC (later Warrant Officer) Harold Murray Earle (lost on operations over the North Sea on 29 October 1944); LAC Groves; LAC Randell; LAC Scott; LAC Morton; LAC Potter; LAC Walters; LAC Oliver; LAC Bunce; LAC Mitchell; LAC Kiddle; 26221 LAC Alick Betram Ewens; possibly 417818 LAC (later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) Clifford Harris Drewer (lost on operations over France on 24 June 1944); LAC Horinack; 410144 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Ronald Charles Brookman (lost on operations over France on 26 September 1944). Second row: LAC Brand; LAC Moffitt; LAC Seymour; LAC Lowe; LAC Lake; LAC Mander; LAC Murray; possibly 417855 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Rex Tidswell Lathlean (lost on operations over the United Kingdom on 24 July 1944); LAC Baynes; LAC Keightley; 419332 LAC (later Pilot Officer) John Barrie Nanscawen (lost on operations over Germany on 8 February 1945); 417826 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Frank Edgar Fischer (lost on operations over Germany on 29 July 1944); 410536 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Leonard Allan Eunson (lost on operations over France on 6 August 1944); King; 419387 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Gregory Herbert Hunkin (lost on operations over N. W. Europe on 27 June 1944); LAC Adams; LAC Kitto; LAC McRostie; LAC Martin; possibly 418744 LAC Conrad Fontaine. Front row: 417822 LAC David Easterbrook; LAC Bury; LAC Andrews; Corporal (Cpl) Kiddle; Sergeant (Sgt) Barnes; Warrant Officer (WO) Hunt; Flight Officer (FO) Allmand; Flight Sergeant (FS) Wilson; Sgt Stanbury; 417824 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Albert Wilson Farrer (lost on operations over France on 16 August 1944); LAC Hughes; LAC Carlton; LAC Ashurst.
Australian Army trainees on a route march near Seymour Victoria, from the Puckapunyal training area
November 1943, Australian troops undertaking a booby trap course at Canungra as part of preparation for combat in New Guinea.
Evans Head Aerodrome and 1 Air Observer School facilities c 1940
Australian troops bring in a wounded German soldier after a raid on a German Strongpoint
We are so Proud of Clive R.I.P.a light horseman who died in the trenches with a sniper bullet to the heart, trying to save one of his platoon mates....never to return home to his Family. Died for Freedom and Honour.

We are so Proud of Clive R.I.P.a light horseman who died in the trenches with a sniper bullet to the heart, trying to save one of his platoon mates....never to return home to his Family. Died for Freedom and Honour.
The Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll
R092 ADDEMS William Charles PTE 6702
VFX94085 Captain Nora Heysen, Official war artist, Military History Section, at 106th Casualty Clearing Station.

VFX94085 Captain Nora Heysen, Official war artist, Military History Section, at 106th Casualty Clearing Station.
CPL W.M. JOLUIS, RADIOLOGIST AT WORK AT 106 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. HE IS X-RAYING THE WOUNDED KNEE OF V64795 PRIVATE J. P. SPORN, 7TH BATTALION AMF WHO WAS WOUNDED AT WEARNE'S HILL.

CPL W.M. JOLUIS, RADIOLOGIST AT WORK AT 106 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. HE IS X-RAYING THE WOUNDED KNEE OF V64795 PRIVATE J. P. SPORN, 7TH BATTALION AMF WHO WAS WOUNDED AT WEARNE'S HILL.
PTE B.M. HARKIN, MEDICAL ORDERLY, 106 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (1), DRESSING THE WOUND OF PTE A.J. BASSETT, 8 INFANTRY BATTALION (2).

PTE B.M. HARKIN, MEDICAL ORDERLY, 106 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (1), DRESSING THE WOUND OF PTE A.J. BASSETT, 8 INFANTRY BATTALION (2).
A GROUP OF SISTERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE, 106 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SISTER G. PARKINSON (1); SISTER G. THOMAS (2); SISTER D.A. NEWTON (3); SISTER E.M. FINLAYSON (4); SISTER E.M. SAUNDERS (5).

A GROUP OF SISTERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE, 106 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- SISTER G. PARKINSON (1); SISTER G. THOMAS (2); SISTER D.A. NEWTON (3); SISTER E.M. FINLAYSON (4); SISTER E.M. SAUNDERS (5).
WAAAF telegraphist, A.C.W. Nola Walton, from Brighton in Victoria.
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.
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.
Robbie Johnson's Birth Certificate

Birth_Certificate_Robbie.pdf
A pensive Denis Jericho contemplating his Army career
Tobruk War Cemetery
Court Martial Proceedings

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8328172
Trove Memorial Notice - Wellington Times (NSW : 1899 - 1954) 25 April 1949: 4. Web. 24 Aug 2021

https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141344230>.
Cause: Japanese naval guns in a pillbox at Mangam covering the Milford Highway.

Cause: Japanese naval guns in a pillbox at Mangam covering the Milford Highway.
Buildings in Balikpapan near the opil refinery showing bomb and shell damage
Effect: Matilda Tanks destroyed by the Japanese naval guns emplaced at Mangam, Borneo

Effect: Matilda Tanks destroyed by the Japanese naval guns emplaced at Mangam, Borneo
Notes on the back of a photograph of his cycling mate, Arthur Lynch, KIA in the final stages of fighting in Singapore. He had been in the Army less than two months.
A 3.7 in Heavy AA gun firing at night. The muzzle blast is indicative of the power of this gun which had an effective ceiling of 30,000 ft or 9,000m. Later Marks could fire to 45,000 ft or 13,700m. It fired its 13kg shell (the biggest in its class) as fast as a rifle bullet at over 800m/s. The later Marks achieved over 1,000m/s.
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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