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Cover of the History of 2 OTU

Cover of the History of 2 OTU
SIr Hughie Edwards as Governor of WA 1974-75

SIr Hughie Edwards as Governor of WA 1974-75
Warwick C Mark III, HG227, of No. 525 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Lyneham,Wiltshire.
WWI Distinguished Conduct Group of medals awarded to 457 Lance Corporal Charles C Davis, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, together with associated paperwork & memorabilia. To include Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Discharge Certificates, Photo, Mentioned in Despatches certificate, ANZAC Memorial books, etc.
HMAS Bataan
HMAS Vendetta II early in her career. The Daring Class destroyers were known for their graceful lines and appearance and were arguably the high water mark of traditional destroyer gun platforms.
HMAS Vendetta II early in her career. The Daring Class destroyers were known for their graceful lines and appearance and were arguably the high water mark of traditional destroyer gun platforms.
The cover of Gellert's most successful book of poetry, which cemented his reputation as Australia's premier warrior poet of WW1

The cover of Gellert's most successful book of poetry, which cemented his reputation as Australia's premier warrior poet of WW1
A view of Esbjerg Harbour
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).
A photograph of Charles Davis (not identified L or R) accompanying other memorabilia as part of a recent Auction lot. WWI Distinguished Conduct Group of medals awarded to 457 Lance Corporal Charles C Davis, 1st Australian Infantry Battalion, together with associated paperwork & memorabilia. To include Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Discharge Certificates, Photo, Mentioned in Despatches certificate, ANZAC Memorial books, etc.
Group photograph of crew members of No 455 Beaufighter Squadron, RAAF. Identified from left to right: 418410 Flying Officer (FO) William (Bill) George Herbert from Elwood, Victoria; 40118 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Jack Wilbur Tucker from Carlton, Victoria (later FO); 432223 FO Clifton Mason from Sydney, NSW (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)); 403886 FO James Stuart Addison from Sydney (later Flt Lt); 422957 Flt Sgt Peter Leslie Thomas Ilbery from Sydney (later FO); and 422832 FO William Dobie Bawden from Sydney (later Flt Lt).
SQN Leader Hedley 'Bill' Fowler, MC photographed in early 1944 wearing the ribbon of the Military Cross and the rank of Squadron Leader, after his successful escape from Colditz Castle, and return to the UK.
A Hawker Sea Fury on short finals for a deck landing controlled by the batman on the right
Pilot Officer Lisle 'Woozle' Wurr
Unveiling 1922
HMAS Bataan, a destroyer, off the Korean Peninsula. The destroyer is seen here engaged in receiving a jackstay transfer from the Royal Navy carrier HMS OCEAN. It is sufficiently clear to show the late Commander Warwick Gracegirdle, RAN - BATAAN 's Korean War CO - on the bridge. This photo is taken off Korea, and the destroyer in the background is HMS CONSORT. Photo: Photographer unknown, the image was published in 1986 for the RAN's 75th Anniversary celebrations. The image is held in the Naval Historical Collection, Australian War Memorial, image ID 300378, listed copyright expired, public domain. It has also been posted on an InvisionFree ship modeller's blog. These are the AWM's descriptive notes that accompany the image: KOREA. ELEVATED PORT SIDE VIEW SHOWING DETAIL OF THE FORWARD PART OF THE DESTROYER HMAS BATAAN (EX-HMAS KURNAI) (D191) AS SHE RECEIVES PERSONNEL BY HIGHLINE FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS OCEAN. NOTE FORWARD TWIN 4.7 INCH MK XII GUNS IN CP XIX MOUNTINGS, WITH THE BREECHES OF B MOUNTING PROMINENT AND THE 40 MM BOFORS AA GUN IN THE PORT BRIDGE WING. BEHIND THE BRIDGE ARE THE DIRECTOR CONTROL TOWER AND RANGEFINDER TOWER MK II WITH A TYPE 285 FIRE CONTROL RADAR MOUNTED UPON THE LATTER. NOTE ROPE STOWAGE IN THE BLAST SCREEN FORWARD OF B MOUNTING AND CARLEY FLOATS BY THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE WITH PADDLES NEATLY ARRAYED. THE SCREENING DESTROYER IN THE BACKGROUND IS HMS CONSORT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

HMAS Bataan, a destroyer, off the Korean Peninsula. The destroyer is seen here engaged in receiving a jackstay transfer from the Royal Navy carrier HMS OCEAN. It is sufficiently clear to show the late Commander Warwick Gracegirdle, RAN - BATAAN 's Korean War CO - on the bridge. This photo is taken off Korea, and the destroyer in the background is HMS CONSORT. Photo: Photographer unknown, the image was published in 1986 for the RAN's 75th Anniversary celebrations. The image is held in the Naval Historical Collection, Australian War Memorial, image ID 300378, listed copyright expired, public domain. It has also been posted on an InvisionFree ship modeller's blog. These are the AWM's descriptive notes that accompany the image: KOREA. ELEVATED PORT SIDE VIEW SHOWING DETAIL OF THE FORWARD PART OF THE DESTROYER HMAS BATAAN (EX-HMAS KURNAI) (D191) AS SHE RECEIVES PERSONNEL BY HIGHLINE FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS OCEAN. NOTE FORWARD TWIN 4.7 INCH MK XII GUNS IN CP XIX MOUNTINGS, WITH THE BREECHES OF B MOUNTING PROMINENT AND THE 40 MM BOFORS AA GUN IN THE PORT BRIDGE WING. BEHIND THE BRIDGE ARE THE DIRECTOR CONTROL TOWER AND RANGEFINDER TOWER MK II WITH A TYPE 285 FIRE CONTROL RADAR MOUNTED UPON THE LATTER. NOTE ROPE STOWAGE IN THE BLAST SCREEN FORWARD OF B MOUNTING AND CARLEY FLOATS BY THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE WITH PADDLES NEATLY ARRAYED. THE SCREENING DESTROYER IN THE BACKGROUND IS HMS CONSORT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
HMAS Goulburn operated as a minesweeper, convoy escort and anti-submarine patrol ship during her 5 year commission.
Lieuetnant Colonel Harry Smith has presented his medal set to the AWM
Troops of 5th Indian Division loading a jeep into a Douglas Dakota Mark III of No. 194 Squadron RAF, during the reinforcement of the Imphal Garrison. Known throughout the Burma Theatre as "The Friendly Firm", No. 194 Squadron maintained intensive troop and supply sorties into Burma, and Imphal in particular, between March and June 1944.
Commemorating 29 Members who gave their lives in the service of the nation
The front cover of Alex Kerr's wartime experience as a bomber pilot member of the 'Catepillar Club' and PoW

The front cover of Alex Kerr's wartime experience as a bomber pilot member of the 'Catepillar Club' and PoW
HMAS Sydney rides out Typhoon Ruth . As a result of this storm, the Sydney lost one aircraft overboard and another seven were written off, representing more than half its total losses during operations in Korea. The accompanying support ship in the background is the Royal Canadian Navy destroyer Athabaskan. The Sydney had been lying at anchor in Sase Bo Harbour, Japan, replenishing for her next Korean War operational patrol. After a message was received warning of the approaching typhoon, and in view of the restricted and crowded nature of the anchorage, HMAS Sydney and other large ships were ordered to put to sea. Sydney experienced the most critical phase of the typhoon from 5pm to midnight on 14 October, with winds exceeding 68 knots being encountered. A Firefly aircraft, a boat and forklift truck were lost overboard, while other aircraft and boats suffered major damage. During his Korean War service from 31 August 1951 to 22 February 1952, R29942 Chief Radio Electrician Alan Wallace White RAN was an authorised photographer on board the Majestic class light aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney III (R17). The Sydney was mainly involved in patrolling off the western coast of Korea, while its Hawker Sea Fury aircraft of No. 805 and 808 Squadrons, and Fairey Firefly aircraft of No. 817 Squadron, carried out strikes against North Korean units and supply lines. (See also P05890.069). Also held in the Australian War Memorial's collection (P06090.001) is a photographer's print of P05890.069. On the reverse side of the print is the photographer's copyright stamp, which reads 'COPYRIGHT ALAN W. WHITE, CH R. E. Authorized Photographer H. M. A. S. SYDNEY'. Below the stamp the photographer has written 'TYPHOON RUTH. SOLD OVER 1000 PRINTS SO FAR OF THIS SHOT ALONE, WITH ORDERS STILL COMING IN AS WE'RE OUT OF PRINT OF THESE AT PRESENT.'

HMAS Sydney rides out Typhoon Ruth . As a result of this storm, the Sydney lost one aircraft overboard and another seven were written off, representing more than half its total losses during operations in Korea.
A plaque commemorating the Australian 18th Brigade in WW2
Wales. c.1942. Group portrait of RAAF members of No. 458 Squadron. Left to right: back row: Brian, killed Litchfield 22 August 1943, Gus, Allen, Mac and Matt. Front row: Joe, Tom, Artie, Mathew and Charlie. (Original print housed in the AWM Archive Store).
Eric Tremethick served in the Army from 1941-45
The last marker heading north along Prescott Terrace, numbered 69-75, with number 76 blank for reasons unknown. It should be SGT Oscar E. Baumann lost at Fromelles in 1916. There is no similar marker for the names numbered 77-87; it is presumed to be because they were added after the consecration of the original trees in 1919. 76 (should be SGT O.E. BAUMANN) 75 PTE. A. F. D. ROBERTS 74 CAPT. H. F. HUBBE 73 CPL. D. R. BRADLEY 72 PTE. P. A. MAUNDER 71 PTE. N. C. LANE 70 GNR. W. E. RICHTER 69 PTE. H. ANTRAM
Amy Katherine Millgate Taylor, AM
Flight Sergeant Llewellyn GRE, cropped from a group photo of his crew members
Old sheds and a ruin on the site of George Evans' farm near Chandada on South Australia's far West Coast near Streaky Bay
NX56380 Donal J OSBORN
NT. An informal group portrait of a crew that flew a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft nicknamed Adelaide Fever. Identified are: Flying Officer (F/O) Finlay Urquhart of Casino, NSW; F/O J. O. McLain of Lindfield, NSW; F/O Jack Doran of Melbourne, Vic; Sergeant (Sgt) Ern Crimp of Biggenden, Qld; Sgt A. Farrelly of Richmond, Vic; F/O P. Chisdell of Earlwood, NSW; F/O R. A. Appleton of Sydney, NSW; F/O D. Carrigan of Moree, NSW. Note the naked pin-up girl painted on the aircraft. The aircraft belonged to the USAAF 380th Bombardment Group, to which many RAAF Aircrew were 'seconded' to gain experience on the B-24 which was being procured by the RAAF
Lisle Wurr as a Flight Sergeant
Amy Millgate and Gladys Johnson, NSW Police
On the flight back to Sydney, with experienced flying boat Captain Lloyd Mundrell in the left hand seat.

On the flight back to Sydney, with experienced flying boat Captain Lloyd Mundrell in the left hand seat.
HMAS Napier at speed in the Indian Ocean off Trincomalee Ceylon, on an anti-submarine patrol in 1942
His medals — including the Military Medal awarded for Alfred's heroism on day one of the Third Battle of Ypres — have passed down the generations to Alan Bishop, 58, of Morphett Vale. Alan has the medals of all three Bishop brothers; the family tradition is for them to go to the youngest son of the youngest son. Alan’s grandfather, Victor, the youngest of the four Bishop brothers, was too young to go to World War I. The medals went to him when Lloyd died in 1951, apparently at Lloyd’s request. When Alan dies the medals will go to his eight-year-old grandson, Hamish. “I was 13 when they passed down to me,” Alan told the Sunday Mail this week. “I thought ‘Gee, that’s nice’, without really understanding what it meant because I was so young. “All I know is I’m glad I wasn’t one of them. When you look at Alfred’s record, he was in and out of hospital with bronchitis and pneumonia. So they were fighting the weather as well. “They’re never forgotten. They’re always in the back of your mind.”

His medals — including the Military Medal awarded for Alfred's heroism on day one of the Third Battle of Ypres — have passed down the generations to Alan Bishop, 58, of Morphett Vale. Alan has the medals of all three Bishop brothers; the family tradition is for them to go to the youngest son of the youngest son. Alan’s grandfather, Victor, the youngest of the four Bishop brothers, was too young to go to World War I. The medals went to him when Lloyd died in 1951, apparently at Lloyd’s request. When Alan dies the medals will go to his eight-year-old grandson, Hamish. “I was 13 when they passed down to me,” Alan told the Sunday Mail this week. “I thought ‘Gee, that’s nice’, without really understanding what it meant because I was so young. “All I know is I’m glad I wasn’t one of them. When you look at Alfred’s record, he was in and out of hospital with bronchitis and pneumonia. So they were fighting the weather as well. “They’re never forgotten. They’re always in the back of your mind.”
A colourised image of a No.127 Squadron SPitfire undergoing pre flight servicing in bleak conditions
Newspaper article detailing Tom Flynn's tragic demise

Newspaper article detailing Tom Flynn's tragic demise

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