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Bill’s Movements Gallipoli Aug-Oct 1915

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Officers of the South Australian Transvaal Contingent, 10th Battalion: Lieut. Stapleton, Captain Howland, Captain Lascelles, Lieut. Blair, Major Toll and Lieut. Powell.
HMAS Swan in 1939
HMAS Swan at anchor wearing a camouflage scheme later in the war
HMAS Swan, USAT Mauna Loa and HMAS Warrego at Darwin, just prior to raid of 19 Feb 1942.
Private A H Murray 12th Infantry Battalion
Group portrait aircrew and army officers, graduates at the School of Army Co-operation (SAC). Identified personnel believed to be in the photograph are; back row: NX58921 Lieutenant (Lt) Patrick Joseph (Pat) Horan (second from left) later awarded the United States Legion of Merit, Legionnaire, for services rendered in the cause of the Allies; Stewart Williams, probably VX45502 Lt Stewart Hammond Williams, (third from left); Keith E Noblet, (extreme right). Front row: SX4550 Captain (Capt) Thomas Fergusson Gill, (third from left); VX7443 Captain (Capt) Hubert (Philip) Braddock, (fourth from right); NX51115 Capt Richard Cornish Garnsey, (extreme right), later awarded the Military Cross for outstanding courage and devotion to duty in the Lae-Finschafen area in New Guinea. Capt Garnsey was later promoted to major with the Land Headquarters. He died in Australia on 24 February 1946 aged 27 years. Capt Gill of Largs Bay, SA, was killed whilst on a reconnaissance flight over Jacquinot Bay, New Britain on 10 September 1943, aged 29 years. Capt Gill was recommended for Mention in Despatches dated 31 July 1943 for his gallant and distinguished services in the South West Papua area. The recommendation was gazetted on 31 December 1943. The SAC was established in late 1941 to instruct pilots and prospective ALOs in the techniques of army operations, the school accorded increased emphasis to the requirements of direct support. The school taught trainees specialised techniques required for tactical reconnaissance and for other close air support of the army ground forces engaged in jungle warfare in the South West Pacific theatre. The SAC was based at RAAF Fairbairn in Canberra
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
Captain Mary MORRIS, AWAS. Her married name was MATTIE
A B25 Mitchell bomber of No. 180 Squadron lines up for take off at RAF Dunsfold, Surrey in the United Kingdom supporting Allied operations in Normandy

A B25 Mitchell bomber of No. 180 Squadron lines up for take off at RAF Dunsfold, Surrey in the United Kingdom supporting Allied operations in Normandy
An extract of the 5th QIB Nominal Roll
Flight Sergeant (later Flying Officer) Charles Lamond, MM, No. 226 Squadron (RAF)
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.
Private C Lamond, MM - Award of the Military Medal

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1568340
DVA Nominal Roll extract

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1047213&c=WW2#R
John Thompson (with cigarette) and crew members On the right, FSGT Charles Lamond, MM immediate L of John Thompson believed to be Warrant Officer Norm Robinson, far left unknown
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 412689 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT C. W. RANDALL, FROM TRUNDLE, NSW, AN RAAF AIR GUNNER IN NO. 180 SQUADRON, RAF, STANDING IN FRONT OF THE NOSE OF ONE OF THE SQUADRON'S B25 MITCHELL AIRCRAFT. THIS SQUADRON IS FLYING WITH THE SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE.
ENGLAND. 1944-06-11. GROUP PORTRAIT OF AIRCREW SEATED ON A STACK OF 1000-LB BOMBS AT NO. 180 (MITCHELL) SQUADRON RAF. SHOWN: 405107 FLYING OFFICER (FO) W. KIRK, BRISBANE, QLD (KIA 20 Jun 1944); 405054 FO B. W. KLEMM, BRISBANE, QLD; 415259 FO H. HAWTHORN, HASTINGS, NZ; 417379 FLIGHT SERGEANT J. JENNISON, ADELAIDE, SA; 422248 FO J. B. O'HALLORAN, SYDNEY, NSW; 422080 FO R. M. KENNARD, CANBERRA, ACT.
Europe. 1945-03-21. Flak hole in the side window of a Mitchell aircraft beside the pilot's head. The pilot was 428329 Pilot Officer R. N. Levy, of Bendigo, Vic, who must have been leaning forward at the time to have escaped injury. He is serving with No. 180 Squadron RAF.
Portrait of 418256 Flight Sergeant V. C. Davis, Ararat, Vic, who belongs to No. 180 (Mitchell) Squadron RAF.
Informal group portrait of RAF ground staff with RAAF and Royal New Zealand Air Force air crew of a Mitchell bomber squadron, 180 Squadron RAF with the Second Tactical Air Force. Left to right: two RAF ground crew, Jock (Fitter) and Alf (Rigger); 422248 Flying Officer (FO) Jack B O'Halloran, pilot of Sydney, NSW, (later Flight Lieutenant and DFC); 417379 Pilot Officer James Crosby (Jim) Jennison (later Flying Officer and DFC) of Adelaide, SA; 422175 FO Reg J Hansen of Sydney, NSW; FO Harry M Hawthorn, RNZAF of Hastings, NZ. The aircraft was lettered D and the pilot named it 'Daily Delivery' and the nose art illustration portrays a stork carrying a large bomb. Location RAF Dunsfold, Surrey UK

Informal group portrait of RAF ground staff with RAAF and Royal New Zealand Air Force air crew of a Mitchell bomber squadron, 180 Squadron RAF with the Second Tactical Air Force. Left to right: two RAF ground crew, Jock (Fitter) and Alf (Rigger); 422248 Flying Officer (FO) Jack B O'Halloran, pilot of Sydney, NSW, (later Flight Lieutenant and DFC); 417379 Pilot Officer James Crosby (Jim) Jennison (later Flying Officer and DFC) of Adelaide, SA; 422175 FO Reg J Hansen of Sydney, NSW; FO Harry M Hawthorn, RNZAF of Hastings, NZ. The aircraft was lettered D and the pilot named it 'Daily Delivery' and the nose art illustration portrays a stork carrying a large bomb. Location RAF Dunsford Surrey UK
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.
Europe. 1945-03-21. Portrait of 434445 Flying Officer R. W. Butler, of Yarwun, Qld (left), and 425967 Pilot Officer Ralph John Roberton, of Allora, Qld, together on the Continent whilst serving with No. 180 (Mitchell) Squadron RAF.
Portrait of 414397 Flight Lieutenant F. R. Fogarty (later DFC), of Brighton, Vic, who belongs to No. 180 (Mitchell) Squadron RAF. Vic, who belongs to No. 180 (Mitchell) Squadron RAF.
Raid on Dieppe

Don Walch did indeed serve on 226 Sqn. He was 39236 S/L Graham Reese 'Digger' Magill's regular navigator. A snippet from Norman Frank's, "The Greatest Air Battle Dieppe, 19 August 1942 (p.40): "Magill got back safely although his machine (226 Sqn Boston III Z2295 MQ-A), was damaged. Not for the first time did the crest on his Boston get them Home. His usual crew was Pilot Officer Donald Walch, from Tasmania, as navigator, and 'Taffy' Gubbins, air gunner. (Gubbins was away on 19 August, his place being taken by Sergeant S Praeger). The crest consisted of a kangaroo, a kiwi and a welsh dragon on a boomerang, ensuring a return ticket, they hoped!"
Denmark Patrol

25-6-1944 No.21 Sqn Mosquito VI LR373 In a borrowed aircraft, W/C Braham set out on a day patrol to Denmark. His aircraft was intercepted by Fw Robert SPRECKELS, of Stab./JG 1, and shot down into the sea. Braham and his navigator were rescued by a German vessel and became PoWs 40667 W/C (Pilot) John Robert Daniel BRAHAM DSO**DFC** - PoW AUS404489 F/L (Nav.) Donald Curtis WALCH DFC RAAF PoW Interned Stalag Luft III
Flying Officer Clifford Seymour HART, pilot in command Lancaster PM-J of No, 103 Squadron 24/5 February 1945
153 Squadron Association

https://153squadronassociation.weebly.com/brief-history.html
Captain Keith Gordon McDonald MC - photo from his USA Exit Visa on return to Australia via the USA
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
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.
A WW1 British Army OPTI Badge of the type awarded to 1363 Lance Sergeant TT Smith for completion of the Army PTU course at Tidworth
Awarded the MM but died of his wounds before he could be presented with it.

'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
DVA Nominal Roll

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1065767&c=WW2#R
NAA Service Record

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5262985
RAF Scampton Web Page - no longer Active - NOW 'Bomber County'

https://www.bcar.org.uk/scampton-history
Tom Tobin at this investiture for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Tom Tobin at this investiture for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. Jane Eblen private collection
IMAGE SUSPENDED pending verification. Stated to be 1363 T. T. Smith - but comparison with verified images does not support that contention. This image appears to be of an as yet unidentified Driver based on uniform accoutrements and build of the soldier. Image attributes (date and place) added to enable tracking pending verification of soldier's name
Memorial Image Pending
Private W.P. KELLY Died of Wounds, Lone Pine Gallipoli
WW2 Nominal Roll

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=694864&c=WW2#R
Vietnam Nominal Roll

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1271858&c=VIETNAM#R

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