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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

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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!"

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

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The iconic image of the Kokoda campaign. Taken by Damien Parer, it portrays members of the 39th Militia Battalion, AMF, parade after weeks of fighting in dense jungle during the Kokoda campaign. The officer in front is Lieutenant Johnson. The men behind him are left to right, Armie Wallace, Bill Sanders, Harry Hodge, Kevin Surtees, George Cudmore, GeorgePuxley Kevin Whelan, Len Murrell, Dick Secker, Neil Graham, Clive Gale and Jack Boland.

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The "Adelaide Rifles" Battalion Shooting Team, with Captain Miles Beevor seated in the centre c 1912. They are equipped with what appear to be brand new SMLE No 1 Mk III* rifles possibly straight from the then new Small Arms Factory at Lithgow. A couple of the NCOs have seen Boer War or other British Colonial service. Miles Beevor was acting CO of the Battalion in the latter stages of ANZAC and later commanded the 52nd battalion in France until he was wounded at Pozieres. He was repatriated to Australia.

H J BRAKENRIDGE

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

'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

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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'.

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