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Edith Hübbe, mother of Captain Fritz Hermann Hübbe, 1st Pioneer Battalion, killed in action, 22–23 July 1916.

'After the attack on GIRD Trench and the MAZE he did exceptionally good and consistent work through the days of 5th and 6th November, 1916, under severely trying conditions. He searched the German trenches for our wounded and also the original No Man's Land, bringing them in under severe sniping fire. He alone was responsible for bringing in 3 wounded men to the original front line trenches from No Man's Land.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 Date: 29 June 1917

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'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

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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

'At NOREUIL on 2nd April, 1917 this Non Commissioned Officer although wounded twice continued to lead his section in the face of heavy Machine Gun and Shell fire, encouraging his men, and continuing to do his duty until receiving his third wound.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 174 Date: 11 October 1917

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Tom Tobin at this investiture for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. Jane Eblen private collection

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Troops of an Australian Battalion on the deck of battleship Prince of Wales in Mudros Harbour just before the landing. The ship was part of the fleet which transported Australian troops to the Gallipoli landing at Anzac Cove. 24 April 1915. AWM A01829

awm - E040371.jpg Taken just after the Armistice, this image shows some of the detritus of battle which together with the bodies of the dead, remained on the field. The men whose remains were discovered thus lie in VC Corner cemetery, interred in a Common Grave with their names inscribed on the rear wall. Their remains were not at the time identifiable and in most cases their ID discs had been removed immediately after the battle by gallant comrades who risked and sometimes gave their own lives in the process of trying to account for the dead.

AWM Image of three unidentified 7 Battalion men near a 'bomb' stop or barricade in the Turkish trenches at Lone Pine, illustrating the overhead cover that had made the initial break-in so difficult.

The first 10th Battalion Headquarters at Anzac, taken soon after the landing. Reading from left to right the Officers are - Captain (Capt) Harry Carew Nott (RMO) Capt Francis Maxwell Lorenzo, Major Frederick William Hurcombe, and Lieut-Col S Price Weir, DSO, VD and Mention in Despatches.

A section of the 10th Bn Scout company. The fate of these men typified the high cost of the landing among the men who landed on 25 April 1915. Four died within days of the landing; Whyte, Stokes, Teesedale-Smith and Phil Robin, a former champion Norwood footballer. Wilfred Jose was killed in 1917. Of the survivors, Arthur Blackburn went on to become one of the standout citizen soldiers the nation has produced. Guy Fisher became a successful lawyer and judge. Eric Meldrum died at his own hand in 1922. John Gordon was commissioned in the Australian Flying Corps became an ace and survived the war assuming a senior RAAF role during WW2. Their story is more fully documented under their respective person pages on this site Arthur BLACKBURN; Guy FISHER; John GORDON; Wilfid JOSE; Eric MELDRUM; Philip ROBIN; Francis STOKES; Malcolm Teasdale SMITH; Thomas WHYTE .....and in an essay entitled "Flowers of the Forest" and held by the State Library of SA. http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=5127