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2023 Vietnam Veteran Vigil
William Maley RAAF
Maxwell McNamara
WW2 Homeland Defence - British War Medal 1939-45, Australian Service Medal 1939-45
Youtube Documentary (2005) "The Battle of Long Tan"

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Robert John Mitchell
Bernie Mundy undertook training at the RAAF's No. 2 School of Technical Training
Bernie Mundy undertook training at the RAAF's No. 2 School of Technical Training
LYONS_QX6134_Service Summary

NX7024_LYONS_Service_Summary.pdf
Cliff Norton served in the Navy 1941-1944
Thomas and Trevor Brown (brothers) served in the RAAF and RAN respectively
DVA Nominal Roll extract - Sydney WILLIS

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=682642&c=WW2
Aerial view of the RAAF Base at Rathmines the home of No. 3 OTU
Allan Bullock served in the Militia as a Guard ata military Detention barracks in WW2
RATHMINES, NSW. 1944-07. NO 3 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT RAAF, CATALINA CONVERSION COURSE. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW; FOSTER; SQUADRON LEADER F SHOBEY; S C BRANDON; RAY H GIBSON; KEITH FINLAY; J R CLEWORTH; J W SILVESTON; JENSEN. CENTRE ROW; P K KELLY; R C BARBOUR (419949 FLYING OFFICER ROBERT CARLISLE BARBOUR, LOST ON OPERATIONS IN THE PHILLIPINES ON 14 DECEMBER 1944); DONNELL; C W COX; UNKNOWN; FLYING OFFICER ELLIOT; A N WATKINSON; DENISON; WARRANT OFFICER ROSS WILLIAM SCHULZ. FRONT ROW; J M KANE; A E NICHOLLS; SQUADRON LEADER ANDERSON; ? ROBINSON; B GAULSTON; L S OATS; T W CUTHBERTSON; STOCKDALE. (DONOR: J R CLEWORTH)
WW1 Meritorious Service L- R Military Medal (MM), 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

WW1 Meritorious Service L- R Military Medal (MM), 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Studio portrait of 5089 Private Henry Archibald Donaldson, 5th (later 58th) Battalion of Heyford Vic
Studio portrait of 5089 Private Henry Archibald Donaldson, 5th (later 58th) Battalion of Heyfield Vic
The AIF project

https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=242406
WANIGELA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. OPERATIONS GROUP CONFERENCE BY BRIGADIER-GENERAL J. HANTON MACNIDER, COMMANDING GENERAL OF INFANTRY, 32 U.S. DIVISION, AT WHICH HE ISSUED ORDERS TO HIS TROOPS AND TO THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY FOR THE MOVE TO THE MUSA RIVER. OFFICERS OF THE 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION AND AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT WERE PRESENT BY INVITATION. LEFT TO RIGHT, SEATED:- AN OFFICER OF THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY, THEN MAJOR H.G. HARCOURT DSO., MC., OFFICER COMMANDING 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY, BRIGADIER-GENERAL J. HANFORD MACNIDER, COLONEL HALE AND MAJOR BEAVER BOTH OF 32ND U.S. DIVISION. BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT:- THREE AMERICAN OFFICERS, THEN LIEUTENANT COLONEL J.G. DOBBS, OFFICER COMMANDING 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, MAJOR J.H. TREVIVIAN, 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, CAPTAIN ANDERSON OF AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT AND CAPTAIN T.J. SCHMEDJE, MC., 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION.
WANIGELA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. VISIT OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, GBE KCB CMG DSO ED, COMMANDING ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, TO WANIGELA. LEFT TO RIGHT:- GENERAL BLAMEY, BRIGADIER-GENERAL J. HANFORD MACNIDER, 32ND U.S. DIVISION, MAJOR N. CARLYON, AIDE-DE-CAMP TO GENERAL BLAMEY, LIEUTENANT COLONEL J.G. DOBBS, OFFICER COMMANDING 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AND CAPTAIN R.W. SANDERSON, 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION.
TATURA, VIC. 1943-06-15. OFFICERS OF "A" COMPANY, 17TH GARRISON BATTALION, NO. 1 CAMP, TATURA INTERNMENT GROUP. LEFT TO RIGHT:- FRONT ROW, V83635 LIEUTENANT J.A. TRAVERS; V4797 LIEUTENANT C.L. WHITE, MM; V5182 MAJOR E.C. FOSTER, MC; V84737 CAPTAIN E.A. SCATES. BACK ROW:- V5519 LIEUTENANT S.H. EDWARDS; VX841 LIEUTENANT J.H. TREND AND V84066 LIEUTENANT L.F. BROWN.
TATURA, VIC. 1943-06-15. OFFICERS OF HEADQUARTERS, 17TH GARRISON BATTALION, NO. 1 CAMP, TATURA INTERNMENT GROUP. LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW:- V6914(6?) LIEUTENANT E.K. HORWOOD, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER; V145... 052449
AIF Project Page summary - PTE H HALLAM

https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=123632
CITATION for the AWARD of the ROYAL RED CROSS, 1st CLASS to Lieutenant Colonel OLIVE ADA KESTAL. RRC.

“Major Kestel arrived in New Guinea in September 1943 with 24 Australian Army Nursing Service personnel. During the ensuing period, the hospital was working to its capacity, and there were frequent enemy air raids in the near vicinity. She has at all times carried out her duties as matron with energy, tact and control. In consequence of Matron Kestel untiring devotion to duty, the work of nursing staff has beyond praise”.
Lieutenant Colonel Olive Ada KESTEL, RRC, Australian Army Nursing Service. A portrait painted by one of her soldiers. In this portrait she is wearing the ribbon of the Royal Red Cross and the Africa Service. Her other war medals had yet to be issued.
Redacted image of Colonel Stanley Price Weir, VD, CO of the 10th Infantry Battalion AIF prior to embarkation
Lieutenant Leonard Gurner of the 60th Bn AIF: KIA Morlancourt France 18 July 1918

Lieutenant Leonard Gurner of the 60th Bn AIF: KIA Morlicourt France 18 July 1918
Allan Graham Kerr - induction photograph at OTU Scheyville
Allan Graham Kerr - induction photograph at OTU Scheyville
Lieuetnant Colonel Harry Smith has presented his medal set to the AWM
Lieutenant Colonel Harry Smith, SG,MC, OC of D Company, 6RAR at the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1966, has presented his medal set to the Australian War Memorial
HMAS Napier at speed in the Indian Ocean off Trincomalee Ceylon, on an anti-submarine patrol in 1942
HMAS Swan (II)
Bill’s Movements Gallipoli Aug-Oct 1915

Bill_s_Movements_Gallipoli_Aug-Oct_1915.pdf
Private A H Murray 12th Infantry Battalion
Awarded the Military Cross

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He located an enemy post of eight men which had been harassing out line for some days. He led a party and surrounded the post, killing two and capturing three, including the N.C.O. in charge. He then withdrew without any casualties.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 185 Recommended 17 Apr 1918 Gazetted : 27 November 1918
PORTRAIT OF 422175 FLYING OFFICER R. J. HANSEN, SYDNEY, NSW, AN RAAF AIR GUNNER IN NO. 180 (MITCHELL) SQUADRON RAF WITH THE SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE.
DVA Nominal Roll Extract

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1073605&c=WW2
Hughes, NT. 1945-07-19. North American B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft, code nos. KO-S, KO-E, KO-V, KO-G, of No. 2 Squadron RAAF lined up on the airstrip in North Western Australia, are used in anti-shipping sweeps in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) with considerable success.
Portrait of 417780 Flight Sergeant A. J. Ballantyne, Waikerie, SA, who belongs to No. 180 (Mitchell) Squadron RAF.
Portrait of 418256 Flight Sergeant V. C. Davis, Ararat, Vic, who belongs to No. 180 (Mitchell) Squadron RAF.
37471 Pilot Officer William Keith Bennett, DFC

37471 Pilot Officer William Keith Bennett
'Good crash Landing of 'Daily Delivery'. Following a raid on a railway bridge SW of Zwalle in Holland. Hit by heavy accurate flak which caused 9 holes in the aircraft and rendered the port engine and undercarriage unserviceable. Emergency landing at Moelsbroek Field in Belgium. The aircraft's 69th mission.
Flying Officer Clifford Seymour HART, pilot in command Lancaster PM-J of No, 103 Squadron 24/5 February 1945
RAAF Fighter Pilots with 56SQN RAF (L to R): Flying Officer Kenneth Watts 420315; Flying Officer Laurence John Henderson 413935; Flying Officer Alexander Stuart Miller 410130. Only Henderson survived the War.

RAAF Fighter Pilots with 56SQN RAF (L to R): Flying Officer Kenneth Watts 420315; Flying Officer Laurence John Henderson 413935; Flying Officer Alexander Stuart Miller 410130
A flight of No. 56 Squadron Hawker Typhoons
Pilots and Hawker Hurricanes of No. 56 'Punjab' Squadron RAF at Duxford, 2 January 1942. Pilots and Hurricanes of No 56 'Punjab' Squadron at Duxford, 2 January 1942. The official caption reads: 'Fighter aircraft donated by the Province of the Punjab have been in action and have scored numerous victories over the Hun'. The pilot in the centre is Wing Commander Vernon Gifkins.
WW1 & WW2 Service - L-R DCM 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, WW2 British War Medal, Australian Service Medal 39-45.

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