Virtual War Memorial | Australian Soldiers, Memorials and Military

Resources

Filter

Media

Image (Clear)

Use quotes for more accurate searches - e.g., "2/10th infantry battalion"

Showing 50 of 1848 results

RAF Station, Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1943-09. Group portrait of members of a crew of No. 461 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF of Coastal Command. The captain, 400656 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) D. Marrows of Parkdale, Vic, was awarded the DSO and DFC. Left to right: Sergeant (Sgt) J. T. Eshelby, RAF; 410797 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) R. L. Webster of St Kilda, Vic; 14455 Sgt A. N. Pearce of Seven Hills, NSW; 402617 Flt Sgt D. C. Sidney of Coogee, NSW; 425619 Pilot Officer (PO) W. G. Done of Kingaroy, Qld; 402805 Flying Officer (FO) I. V. R. Peatty of Granville, NSW. Flt Lt D. Marrows; 403592 FO P. T. Jensen of Gladesville, NSW; 401976 PO P. C. Leigh of Surrey Hills E.10, Vic; 417621 Sgt P. R. Criddle of Kingston SE, SA; 20745 Flt Sgt E. H. Pollock of Tamworth, NSW (taking the place of 10530 Acting Sgt F. Bamber who was in hospital when picture was taken).
Tom Sincock served in the Army 1940-1945, initially in Militia Signals and later after transfer to the 2nd AIF, in the 2nd/6th Transport Platoon
James Rowan trained as a seaplane pilot in the RAAF attached on board HMAS Australia. He was killed in a flying accident off the NSW coast in early 1942
Constance Ivy (aka 'Cora') Sinclair
Able Seaman Telegrapher Jim Simm served in the RAN 1943-1946
Frank Sincock served with the 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
Amy Millgate and Gladys Johnson, NSW Police
Photograph taken on 25 Apr 2022 - based on the one of 1922. Mrs Margaret Bennett and Mrs Yvonne Trout, who did the unveiling of the flag draped on the Cenotaph, are standing on the right side of the memorial.
Unveiling 1922
Tom's wife Gladys (nee Smith) on their wedding day
QX45026 Thomas Clyde Davis served 1942-1946
When the Boarding Party from HMAS Sydney reached the beached Emden, to recover the dead and wounded, they also recovered the Captain's safe, containing the ships imprest of funds for procuring fuel rations and so on . 6,429 Mexican Silver 8 Reales were found. One thousand of those coins were given to William Kerr jewellers, with the company commissioned to produce the Sydney-Emden Medal. Adorning each Mexican silver dollar with the King’s Crown in unison with superb scrolls, the jewellers created one of the most memorable decorations in military history.
Sydney transiting the Strait of Tiran at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba.
Lyall Klaffer and his US Air Force Navigator after returning from a mission over Hanoi in his beloved F4 Phantom
Portrait of Flying Officer (FO) Lyall Klaffer of Adelaide, SA, who has been recalled from 78 Fighter Wing RAAF in Malta to become aide-de-camp (ADC) to Australia's new Governor General, Field Marshal Sir William Joseph Slim (in office 8 May 1953-2 February 1960). FO Klaffer won an American DFC while flying with 77 Squadron RAAF in Korea. He is shown with his favourite Vampire jet fighter shortly before returning to Australia. The Wing is in Malta for garrison duty.
Lyall Klaffer and his US Air Force Navigator after returning from a mission over Hanoi in his beloved F4 Phantom
World War Two Roll of Honour
Informal outdoor portrait of Sapper (Spr) Darren "Smithy" Smith and Spr Jacob "Snowy" Moerland, 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment with the Explosive Detection Dog (EDD) Herbie. Sappers Smith and Moerland, along with Herbie, were killed by an IED on 7 June 2010. Taken - Afghanistan: Uruzgan Province, Patrol Base Wali
Golden Grove Campus
Portrait Image of Norm Ginn for the Australian War Memorial honouring Second World War Veterans Project.
Norm Ginn as a trainee airmen in 1942.
Norm Ginn alongside RAAF Officers at the 2021 Remembrance Day Service at West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide
The Magill Soldiers' Memorial Opening

The Magill Soldiers' Memorial Opening
John Dwyer
An early course at No. 2 RAAF School of Technical Training in Canberra, 1941
Noel Eastwood served in the Army 1941-46
Ronald Edwards RAAF 1943-46
Max Farrell Stoker RAN 1941-46
Bill Fisher served in the RAAF 1945-46
Ray Flanagan served in the Navy 1943-46
Ray Flanagan served in the Navy 1943-46
Raymond Forrestal served in the Australian ArmyLabour Service Works Companies on construction projects building infrastructure supporting the war effort
Hugh Foreman served in the RAAF from 1942-1946
Frank Graham served in the Army 1945-47 at the Loveday Internment Camp
Max Gilling was a driver in 148 General Transport Company 1941-46
Ken Gooden served in the RAAF from 1942-45 following earlier service in the Militia
Douglas Hall served in the RAAF from 1942-46
Mr Arnaud Benassy, Dr Christine Rothauser, representing th French Consul in SA, HE The Governor of SA The Hon Frances Adamson AC, Mr Lucas Jones Deputy Mayor of the City of Tea Tree Gully
The Commemorative Installation explaining the connection between the Adelaide suburb of Dernancourt, and its French namesake
The cylinder containing soil from the Dernancourt Battlefield to be interred in the Memorial
6 Machine Gun Battalion Camp at Dapto NSW – 1942 L-R Colin Langtry – NX143859; Lindsay Palmer – NX143848; George Burt – NX178673; George Anderson – NX143857; Jack Game – NX143851
The Rose Park Public School Honour Board
Portrait of members of 17 Construction Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), at Night Defence Base 'Garth' near Route 2 in Phuoc Tuy Province. Identified, left to right: 3797822 Sapper (Spr) Derek Alan Crute; Spr Bracken; 2205906 Spr Robert J Hanson; 3797636 Spr John Peter Timmins; 6709687 Spr Gary Sidney Rutherford; 61813 Spr Ivan Royce Ballard; Spr A Ciotcha; 56274 Spr Gregory John Amm; and 2794010 Spr Gary Patrick Wolf. The men are about to board the M113A1 armoured personnel carrier (APC) behind them to investigate a reported sighting of bodies. The report was correct, and a number of Vietnamese civilians were found who had been shot. The feature in the background is Courtenay Hill.
Sapper Trevor Steart 'on site' with 17 Construction Squadron RAE South Vietnam 1967
Edward Claude Perkins 17th Bn AIF

Page 1 of 37

This page is supported by a grant from the ANZAC Day Commemoration Council