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AIF Project Landing Page GODFREY, DCM Frederick Charles

https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=113033
AIF Project page

https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=64324
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Lancelot Ashley Lewis, 3rd Light Horse Regiment who was a 29 year old pastoral inspector from Kooringa, South Australia when he was appointed on 24 August 1914.
South Australian Carnival Team Championship Winners 1911 P Robin 2nd back row, left end. Lancelot Lewis 2nd from the right.
Lieutenant Eric Wilkes Talbot SMITH shortly before embarkation with the 10th Infantry Battalion October 1914
Victoria Cross Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
H J BRAKENRIDGE

H J BRAKENRIDGE
LIEUT Trevor Owen Smyth Transport Officer of the 10th Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli. Killed by shellfire at Anzac Cove bring the Battalion's mule train ashore
CHERPITER John Commonwealth War Graves Commission record

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1459085/CHERPITER,%20JOHN
Fredrick Emil Ledin WW1 Diaries

Frederick_Emil_Ledin_WW1_Diaries.pdf
Grave of Maxwell Angus Lillecrapp at West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide, the headstone of which also commemorated his brother Frank Ryall Lillecrapp who dies of wounds in France October 1917, from wounds sustained at Noreuil on 2 April 1917.
Image of Robbie's Birth Certificate uploaded 24th April 2024.
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

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
Anzac Cove, Gallipoli.This postcard was sent by 622 Private Herbert Vincent Reynolds. The rear of the postcard is inscribed as follows: Monte Video Camp Nov 24th 1915 "Dear Mother, This view of Anzac Cove as far as I can judge must have been taken about the end of May. The pier which was there when I left is not in the view. The hospital can be seen on the right centre of the view but when I left it was shifted further along and now is in the centre of the cove and would be shown exactly in the centre of the view. Many were the lads who went out in the landing on this spot I first set foot, away along towards the left of the view on the first Sunday Apr 25th there were about 1800 wounded on the spot shown and the scene was a terrible one. The view is not a very clear one the hills are really more steep than they look in the view."

ANZAC Cove
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 - 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.
Australians prepare for an attack near Bullecourt, France, May 1917.

Australians prepare for an attack near Bullecourt, France, May 1917. [AWM E00454]
An account of one of the many otherwise unheralded acts of courage and the underlying sense of duty that is so evident in so much of the available literature, exhibited from the highest to the lowest ranking soldier.

An account of one of the many otherwise unheralded acts of courage and the underlying sense of duty that is so evident in so much of the available literature, exhibited from the highest to the lowest ranking soldier.
Australian troops in the Turkish Lone Pine trenches, captured on the afternoon of the 6 August 1915, by the AIF 1st Brigade under Brigadier-General Walker. ID number A02022 Collection Photograph Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative Photographer Unknown Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula Date made 6 August 1915 Description

AWM Image http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_SCREEN/A02022.JPG Australian troops in the Turkish Lone Pine trenches, captured on the afternoon of the 6 August 1915, by the AIF 1st Brigade under Brigadier-General Walker. ID number A02022 Collection Photograph Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative Photographer Unknown Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula Date made 6 August 1915 Description
Bullecourt church and Slouch Hat memorial. 2008

Bullecourt church and Slouch Hat memorial. Stevve Larkins collection
Corporal Phil Davey, VC, MM. He won the 10th Battalion's third Victoria Cross at Merris, northern France, on 28th June 1918. He destroyed a machine gun that that moments before inflicted casualties on other 10th Battalion colleagues in a neighbouring platoon, including Platoon Commander Lieutenant Jack McInerney.

Corporal Phil Davey, VC, MM. He won the 10th Battalion's third Victoria Cross at Merris, northern France, on 28th June 1918. He destroyed a machine gun that that moments before inflicted casualties on other 10th Battalion colleagues in a neighbouring platoon, including Platoon Commander Lieutenant Jack McInerney.
Troops of what is belkieved to be the 10th Battalion on the deck of the battleship Prince of Wales in Mudros Harbour. This ship was part of the fleet which transported Australian troops to the Gallipoli landing at Anzac Cove. The Battalion was embarked on the Prince of Wales before transferring to the fleet small craft that took them ashore at ANZAC to carry out the landing.

Troops of what is belkieved to be the 10th Battalion on the deck of the battleship Prince of Wales in Mudros Harbour. This ship was part of the fleet which transported Australian troops to the Gallipoli landing at Anzac Cove. The Battalion was embarked on the Prince of Wales before transferring to the fleet small craft that took them ashore at ANZAC to carry out the landing.
The first 10th Battalion Headquarters at Anzac, taken soon after the landing. Reading from left to right the Officers are - Capt (later Lieutenant Colonel) Harry Carew Nott (RMO) Capt (later Lieutenant Colonel) Francis Maxwell Lorenzo, Major (later Lieutenant Colonel and CO 50th Battalion) Frederick William Hurcombe, and Lieut-Col (later Brigadier) Stanley Price Weir, DSO, VD and Mention in Despatches.

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

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
Looking back to the 1st Brigade jumping off point from the Turkish trenches over Australian decomposing dead at Lone Pine still unburied weeks after the attack. This was the largest and hardest fought engagement of the Gallipoli campaign for the 1st Division. It was the only component of the August offensive that actually achieved its objective, but was not sufficiently decisive to alter the course of the campaign. true nature of the Allies objectives; the heights of Sari Bair, Chunuk Bair and Hill 'Q'.
Basil Aitken's DVA Nominal Roll #2

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=440339&c=WW2
Basil Aitken's WW2 NAA Service Record #1

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6229180
Medal Allocations letter

rangeroad.pdf
Original not captioned. Thought likely to be Balikpapan - because the Japanese defenders used emplaced guns of this type in the area defence of Balikpapan. Balikpapan was the objective of the Operation Oboe Landings in July 1945, in South Borneo,
UNMOGIP Medal awarded to Australian personnel serving there from 1949-85
Villers Bretonneux - Awarded a Bar to the DSO

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer commanded his battalion in a difficult night operation with great ability. The battalion, having already marched six miles, was ordered to counter attack and retake a village. The ground was strange to every one, and there was no time for reconnaissance, but the approach march and deployment were carried out without a hitch, and the attack was a brilliant success. This officer moved about amongst the men encouraging and directing them, and, finally, established his headquarters in an open trench well forward, which was heavily shelled, but from which he was able to see and control his battalion.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 15 Date: 4 February 1919
Studio portrait of 4288 Private (Pte) Walter Edwin Trehearne, 50th Battalion from Minlaton, South Australia. A 22 year old storekeeper prior to enlisting on 24 August 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 13th Reinforcements of the 10th Battalion from Adelaide on 11 January 1916 aboard HMAT Borda. On arrival in Egypt, he transferred to the 50th Battalion and deployed with them to France in June 1916. After being wounded in action on 16 August 1916, he was evacuated to England for medical treatment. On recovery, he rejoined the 50th Battalion in France on 19 December 1916. Pte Trehearne was killed in action at Noreuil on 2 April 1917 and buried in the Noreuil Australian Cemetery, France.
CWGC - File

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/720777/BATT,%20ARTHUR%20GEORGE
AIF Project entry 3349 L C Brown

https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=35478
Front Cover of Pat Beale's book 'Operation Orders' a largely self-effacing autobiographical account of life in a very busy period of Australian Army operations in SE Asia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam, from which Pat emerged with a DSO (Vietnam) - the only one awarded to an officer of his rank at that time, and MC for his combat leadership in an 'Operation Claret' action.
Private Chris Johnstone, VX53194 - 2nd/8th Field Ambulance

Private_Chris_Johnstone__2nd_8th_Field_Ambulance.pdf
Matron Edith Butler with SA AANS sisters at 2/3 Australian General Hospital, Milford, Surrey, England, 1940 (L–R: Sisters Langham, Secker, Sandland, Matron Butler, Sister Umpherston)
Awarded the Military Cross

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Following an attack this officer was in charge of the reconnaissance of roads, railways, wells, dumps, &c., in the captured area. By keeping close up and organizing his various parties he was able to furnish headquarters with prompt information regarding water supply, tools, and stores &c., found. After seeing two tanks and a waggon blown up by mines, he, at great risk, removed or destroyed a number of others. He set a fine example of initiative and courage.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 Date: 23 May 1919
An early course at No. 2 RAAF School of Technical Training in Canberra, 1941
Ray Flanagan served in the Navy 1943-46
Able Seaman J.F. 'Fred' Ellis' grave at Diego Suarez Commonwealth War Cemetery
The Boer War Memorial in Pietersburg

The Boer War Memorial in Pietersburg
On 2 August 1943, Hampden torpedo bombers of No 455 Squadron RAAF attacked a convoy off the Norwegian coast. This aircraft (L4105/D) suffered massive flak damage to its tail - half the elevator was blown away, the starboard fin twisted and the port rudder fouled by debris. The crew were forced to lash a rope around the rudder bar and took turns helping the pilot, Flying Officer Iain Masson, hold the aircraft straight as they limped back to Leuchars for a crash-landing.

On 2 August 1943, Hampden torpedo bombers of No 455 Squadron RAAF attacked a convoy off the Norwegian coast. This aircraft (L4105/D) suffered massive flak damage to its tail - half the elevator was blown away, the starboard fin twisted and the port rudder fouled by debris. The crew were forced to lash a rope around the rudder bar and took turns helping the pilot, Flying Officer Iain Masson, hold the aircraft straight as they limped back to Leuchars for a crash-landing.
A 455 Squadron Beaufighter in its Coastal Command markings replete with Invasion Stripes post June 1944. The Beaufighter was sometimes described as "two engines followed closely by an airframe". It was relatively fast, very heavily armed with four nose mounted cannon, six wing mounted machine guns and 3" rockets or bombs. 455 Squadron Beaufighters were not configured to launch torpedoes, rather their partner RNZAF squadron did. The pilot had excellent forward vision.

A 455 Squadron Beaufighter in its Coastal Command markings replete with Invasion Stripes post June 1944. The Beaufighter was sometimes described as "two engines followed closely by an aeroplane". It was relatively fast, very heavily armed with four nose mounted cannon, six wing mounted machine guns and devastating rockets or bombs. 455 Squadron Beaufighters were not configured to launch torpedoes, rather their partner RNZAF squadron did. The pilot had peerless forward vision.
Sydney Weston CHADWICK Photograph appears on p. 27 of The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to the Queenslander, 13 November, 1915... Courtesy of Faithe Jones

Photograph appears on p. 27 of The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to the Queenslander, 13 November, 1915... Courtesy of Faithe Jones
What Our Readers Think - News Fri 1 Apr 1932 Page 6

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129323787
Pilot Officer Lisle 'Woozle' Wurr
Lisle 'Woozle' Wurr
DVA Nominal Roll extract 400064 L.N. WURR

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1068662&c=WW2
NO.458 SQUADRON ASSOCIATION SITE- AIRMAN'S STORIES L.N. WURR

https://www.458raafsquadron.org/honour-roll/servicemens-stories/wurrln
Lisle Wurr as a Flight Sergeant

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