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Memorial plaque to Thomas in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance at the Springvale War Cemetery.

Memorial plaque to Thomas in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance at the Springvale War Cemetery.
Forgotten Soldiers

http://www.yosselbirstein.org/pdf/eng/other/Forgotten_Soldiers.pdf
This Commemorative Plaque sits within the Legislative Council,Parliament House, Adelaide.
Video Interview 10 Feb 2021 - Dean Stanton and Peter Denholm

https://youtu.be/_TnlD6w5Pgw
A Fairey Battle light bomber retired from Front Line service after the Battle of France and shipped to Australia as a training platform
Fairey Battle L5670 crash site
The Commemorative Medallion or Plaque, colloquially known as 'The Dead Man's Penny', issued to the families of the Fallen, each with the soldier's name embossed on it, along with a Commemorative Scroll signed by the King in the years after the end of the War. Over one million were minted and sent to the far reaches of the British Empire.
Map showing the crash site of Avro Anson
The west-facing / entrance to the Drill Hall / Headquarters complex at Torrens Parade Ground
Military Medal and Bar, the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Image courtesy AWM

Military Medal and Bar, the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Image courtesy AWM
Japanese PoW awaiting transhipment to Japan

Japanese PoW awaiting transhipment to Japan
"Sonny" Wright, Frank's childhood mate enlisted under-age using a borrowed driver's licence and served through WW2 in all theatres and then deployed to Japan as part of the BCOF, where he was accidentally killed in a motor vehicle accident in 1946. He was initially interred under the name C.R. O'Neil - the name of Frank's uncle whose driver's licence Sonny used as ID to enlist. His headstone has since been corrected. He is buried in Yokohama Military Cemetery.

"Sonny" Wright, Frank's childhood mate enlisted as under age and served through WW2 in all theatres and then deployed to Japan as part of the BCOF, where he was accidentally killed in a motor vehicle accident in 1946. He was initially interred under the name C.R. O'Neil - the name of Frank's uncle whose driver's licence SOnny used as ID to enlist. His headstone has since been corrected. He is buried in Yokohama Military Cemetery.
HMAS Brisbane in the Arabian Gulf 1991
HMAS Brisbane in the Arabian Gulf 1991
Major Bruce Davies, MBE, MiD
407800 Kenneth JOhn NEILL
L-R Stanley, Edward and Marjorie West
Stanley West Discharge Certificate
Gordon Gratton, RAAF 1940-1945
Remembering Ray Hopkins 7th Division Signals
Commemorating Colin McFeat's service
Commemorating Colin McFeat's service
Elford Henning, Navy 1944-1946
Bill Holland, Navy 1941-1946
Reg Laught Airforce 1942-1945
Charles Griffin Army 1940-1942, Peter Griffin Navy 1942-1946, Colin Griffin, RAAF 1942-1945
Charles Griffen Army 1940-1945, Peter Griffen Navy 1942-1946, Colin Griffen RAAF 1942-1945
The 54th Siege Artillery Battery in action. Note that light rail is laid right to the gun position to facilitate the movement of the massive shells fired by these guns. Note the guns are wheeled so they can be relocated far easier than was the case with the 9.2 inch Howitzers of the 55th Battery. Note the box trails of these howitzers, The cutout section allows the gun to be fully elevated and accommodate the full recoil of the barrel on firing. These images were taken by renowned photographers Frank Hurley and George (later Sir Hubert) Wilkins. See the video link in the sidebar.

The 54th Siege Artillery Battery in action. Note that light rail is laid right to the gun position to facilitate the movement of the massive shells fired by these guns. Note the guns are wheeled so they can be relocated far easier than was the case with the 9.2 inch Howitzers of the 55th Battery.
A March Past by Members of the SA Volunteer Defence Corps on Anzac Day, 1942 at the Torrens Parade Ground in Central Adelaide. The Parade Ground had long been a rallying point for military contingents in SA and remains a hub of proceedings on Anzac Day to the present time.
V357389 Corporal Tom Goodall, unidentified, V356444 Corporal Joseph Aloysius Gill, V357842 Sergeant Alfred Thomson, 5th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps, Queenscliff, Victoria.
Enlistment Photo
Informal portrait of the Victor Harbor detachment of the 4th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps that manned the Bluff Watch Station during the Second World War; this detachment was known as CWP No 3 – CWP denoting Coastal Watch Patrol. The photograph was taken on 14 February 1943, the photographer is unknown; Ralph ROSE is standing, far right.
Studio portrait of 15433 Sapper Ralph Reynolds ROSE taken in England c. August 1916, the photographer is unknown. From the collection of the late Patricia Roberts (nee ROSE), eldest daughter of Ralph ROSE.
Studio portrait of the graduation class at No 1 EFTS, June 1942, Course 25, “C” Flight. The photographer was Frank Boase Studio, Hutt Street, Adelaide. From the collection of the late Jack FRISBY. Back row, from left (the ranks shown are those at time of demobilisation or death): 410403 Cpl Noel Anthony Wilckens; 28698 Cpl Murray Frederick Cleveland; 417178 FO Alan William Morphett Gunson (died 21 September 1943, flying battle over the Atlantic Ocean); 417063 Flt Lt Julius Edward Elkan; 417260 WO Kenneth Walter Garratt. Second row (from back), from left: 410309 Flt Sgt John Malcolm Craig (died 4 June 1944, flying battle over Italy); 420373 WO Forbes Mackay Bill; 410199 LAC Kenneth George Bell; 420815 WO Harold David Houghton; 416970 LAC Arthur Victor Krieg; 410312 FO Douglas Anderson Cumming (died 29 May 1944, flying battle over Italy); Third row (from back), from left: 410325 FO James Frank Doery (died 15 February 1944, accidental in Italy); 410170 FO Francis John Harris; 410142 LAC Russell Benjamin Box; 410411 Flt Sgt Hedley Fletcher; 19907 Flt Sgt Jack Archer Hazeldene (died 7 October 1943, accidental in England); 28655 WO Walker William Kelly; 410141 WO Frank Noel Birch; 416076 Flt Sgt Ross Lange Robertson (killed in a flying battle on 26 March 1944, 466 Squadron RAAF, Germany) Front row (from left): 410159 Flt Lt James Humphrey DFC; 410237 FO Byron Leslie Jackson; 27507 Cpl David Beavan; 410300 FO Malcolm Thomas Boyd; 410157 WO John Bertram (POW, Germany); 417065 WO Jack Milton Frisby.
Enlistment Photo
The ubiquitous DH 82 Tiger Moth, backbone of the Empire Air Training Scheme and the aircraft in which RAAF pilots learned to fly.

The ubiquitous DH 82 Tiger Moth, backbone of the Empire Air Training Scheme and the aircraft in which Tom Tobin learned to fly. http://www.stephanschutze.com/uploads/3/1/0/6/3106267/1942_tigermoth_01.jpg
Studio portrait of 1175 Acting Sergeant Herbert Andrew Smythe, F Company, 3rd Battalion, of Gladesville, NSW. Corporal (Cpl) Smythe enlisted on 21 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides on 20 October 1915. He was killed in action at the second battle of Bullecourt on 3 May 1917. His brother Viv wrote the following notes referring to the location of his brother's burial on the back of the photograph 'OG2. Hindenburg Line E. of Bullecourt. Buried in trench 3rd bay to left of dugout to L (left) of sap leading to OG1 next to T.M. position. Map reference. France 51BSW, 1/20,000, U23C 4.25. 2.5.' This grave was not located at the end of the First World War and he is memorialised at Villers-Bretonneux. Cpl Smythe is one of four Smythe brothers, they were: Major Edward Vivian "Viv" Smythe MC and Bar, 17th and later 24th Battalion; Lieutenant Percy Ellesmere Smythe MC, 3rd and later 24th Battalion and Captain Vernon Erle Smythe MC and Bar, 3rd, 4th and later 56t Battalion, and a brother-in-law, Lieutenant George Roy McPhee Croix de Guerre, who all served with the AIF.

AWM P04628.001
Sgt Bert Smyth, 3rd Battalion

Sgt Bert Smyth, 3rd Battalion
Pte Bert Smythe

Pte Bert Smythe
2603 Gnr Arthur Rayworth Davison, later killed on 20 August 1917
A photograph of Vernon Smythe taken presumably shortly after enlistment and before embarkation
An extract of the 'Volunteer Defence Corps Handbook', showing the key features of the Lewis light machine gun, a WW1 era weapon which saw widespread use in WW2
A Bristol Beaufort of No. 7 Squadron in dispersal for servicing near Townsville in early 1942. Beauforts were among a number of aircraft types built under licence in Australia by the Department of Aircraft Production.
WAAAF telegraphist, A.C.W. Nola Walton, from Brighton in Victoria.
Tobruk War Cemetery
Nieppe, France. 18 April 1918. A Company Headquarters of the 7th Battalion, established in an old shooting box in the Forest of Neippe, in Northern France. A week earlier on the arrival of the 1st Division at Hazebrouck from the Somme, the Germans were already commencing to penetrate the Forest of Nieppe immediately east of the town. The 7th Battalion, with some of the 1st Pioneer Battalion and a company of machine gunners, pushed through Nieppe Forest, north of La Motte Chateau, and dug in on the north-eastern edge, in touch with the British rearguards. The Australian line, when completed, ran down from Strazeele to the Wood, where it linked up with the British Guards and the 29th Division. The Germans attacked in force on the 14th, but were repulsed; they renewed the attack in the evening, but failed. They never attacked again on these positions.

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