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'Lieutenant Colonel Salisbury has commanded the 50th Bn from 18 August 1916. As the direct result of his capabilities, energy and enthusiasm, the battalion has been raised to a high state of efficiency. While under his command the battalion has participated in active operations on the Somme, Ypres Salient, Flers and in the recent capture of Noreuil. The success of this latter operation was largely due to Liet-Col Salisbury's thorough preparation and his excellent handling of the battalion during the attack and subsequent consolidation. This officer's habitual cheeriness and devotion to duty has been most pronounced and a great inspiration to all with whom he has come in contact.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189 Date: 8 November 1917

A specially modified Lancaster B1 of 617 Squadron overflies the Mohne Dam against which it has just released its 'Upkeep' depth charge bomb. The Mohne Eder and Sorpe dams were all attacked as part of 'Operation Chastise'.

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6396132

Adams_Athol_Gladwyn.pdf

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-19/rats-of-tobruk-veteran-sydney-kinsman-dies-aged/13936080

Family journey to have Oscar identified. When we heard in 2008 that an archeological dig had recovered the remains of 250 Australian and British servicemen at Pheasant Wood, the family was buoyed with hope that our ‘Uncle Oscar’ might at last have been found. Newspapers in South Australia reported with great anticipation that Oscar and several other soldiers from the State could be among those identified. I’m his great nephew, my grandmother Olga was Oscar’s older sister. And growing up, my generation of his descendants had assumed he might forever be buried somewhere as an ‘Unknown Soldier’. With great expectation a cousin and I registered on the Missing Servicemen Database. Along with more than one thousand other Australians, we became DNA donors. A descendant of Oscar’s brother Walter also gave DNA. In the first few years of the Army’s Fromelles Project, many soldiers were identified from the 250 sets of remains. Unfortunately for us, Oscar Baumann wasn’t among them. The years passed, and we had all but given up hope. Then in 2021 I was approached by an Adelaide journalist who told me he believed that Oscar and two other Australian soldiers were about to be identified. I contacted an officer of the Army’s Fromelles Project, who told me it was likely that Oscar Baumann was among those recovered, but in the absence of one hundred per cent certainty there could not be official identification. The Army needed more DNA information, so I sent them the family trees of Oscar’s siblings. The ’missing link’ turned out to be the daughter of Oscar’s youngest sister- a living niece in Adelaide by the name of Barbara Elsley. She gladly offered her DNA, and on Anzac Day of 2023 the Australian government announced that Oscar, along with five other soldiers of Fromelles, had been officially identified. Barbara was so captivated with events that at the age of 85 she travelled to France for the rededication ceremony at Fromelles on 19th July. She represented the family to unveil a new headstone bearing his name- Oscar was no longer an Unknown Soldier. Oscar’s new headstone notes ‘His Duty Nobly Done’, the words chosen by his parents in the death notice in 1916. His story is poignant given his heritage. Oscar’s father had emigrated from Germany only thirty-seven years before the outbreak of war. While some German immigrants in Australia were interned and others were ‘Anglicising’ their names, Oscar’s parents offered permission for his enlistment- only to have their son killed in action by a German enemy on the battlefields of France. Trevor Bormann 20/9/23

Commemorative Plaque and Scroll signed by King George V, issued to the families of the Fallen

Diary_of_NX16281_John_William_Claud_MOXHAM.docx

https://lovedayinternmentcamp.au/#about

BARMERA, SA. 1943-03-11. OFFICERS OF THE 25/33RD GARRISON BATTALION, 14TH PRISONER OF WAR AND INTERNMENT CAMP, LOVEDAY GROUP. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- S481 LIEUTENANT E.L. ROESLER (1); CAPTAIN G.A. GABELL (2); S427 LIEUTENANT F.W. EVENS (3); S23604 LIEUTENANT A.W. ORCHARD (4); SX21324 LIEUTENANT E.N. EDWARDS (5); S2840 LIEUTENANT C.R. JURY (6) S34891 LIEUTENANT E. FARMER (7); S3065 CAPTAIN R.R. RUDD (8); SX28479 CAPTAIN H.W. HOCKNEY (9); VX114018 CHAPLAIN D.A. GANLY, CHURCH OF ENGLAND (10); S213500 CAPTAIN C. ARCHER (11); V354137 CAPTAIN W.R.J. PHILLIPS (12); S109 CAPTAIN N.M. BARUSCH (13); SX28896 CAPTAIN P.S. EYLES (14); SX22323 MAJOR L. VON BERTOUCH (15); SX223831 MAJOR C.E. HUNKIN (16); S812 LIEUTENANT COLONEL E.L. DEAN, DSO., VD., COMMANDING OFFICER (17); S2700 MAJOR A. DICK (18); SX22325 MAJOR D.W. SHEPHERD (19).

LINDNER.pdf

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/world-war-ii-veteran-sydney-george-kinsman-dies/video/b2ed8419b0ff29882d0fdb0d94b4ff64

https://pac.edu.au/field-of-remembrance-roll-of-honour/world-war-i-honour-roll/

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129323787

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/261157321

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/261135635

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-18/sydney-kinsman-wwii-veteran-rat-of-tobruk-death/101164278

https://www.dva.gov.au/newsroom/latest-news-veterans/vale-rat-tobruk-sydney-kinsman

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199087025/leslie-james-mills

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233993480/archibald-roland-walker

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47385505

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154087720/james-harvey-reseigh

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56206110/thomas-john-murrin

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153523863/frederick-neil-woodland

ASMAN KHAN, AN EMACIATED INDIAN, WHO IS RECEIVING TREATMENT AT 105 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION.