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Sister Merle Trenery, presumed lost at sea in the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke on 14 February 1942

British War Medal WW1, Victory Medal, War Medal WW2, Australian Service Medal WW2

This is the ex-passenger liner, HMAT (A11) Ascanius which is the ship that William left on. He was probably on the ship when this photo was taken. People are throwing streamers that are connecting them to the ship.

George Arthur Debnam, Phoebe Debnam and their son, George Parkman Debnam. This is a compsite image. George Parkman DOW Gallipoli September 1915, before his father enlisted, aged 50, in February 1917. He survived the War

13367 Cpl Thomas Andrew HEWISH

1986 Simpson Trophy - Winning Team 10RSAR Team1. L-R Capt Graham"Growler" Growden, Sgt Wayne Birch and Capt Steve Larkins. Dean Range Port Adelaide

Unexploded WW1 artillery shells exposed by the grading of the road adjacent to Courcelette Cemetery. Vast numbers of these are recovered every year from farmland in Flanders and France.

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Arthur Harold Boettcher - Lancaster LM-372

A German Casualty card provided to the British via the Red Cross. The existence of this card means that Oscar Baumann's body was recovered by the Germans and probably buried at Pheasant Wood or a similar site soon after the battle.

Milne Bay, Papua. 1942-09. Commanding Officers of famous RAAF squadrons. Left to right:- Wing-Commander J.R. Balmer, commanding No 100 Squadron, the first Australian Beaufort torpedo-bomber squadron to go into action; Squadron Leader "Bluey" K.W. Truscott, commanding No 76 Kittyhawk Fighter Squadron; and Squadron Leader Les Jackson commanding No 75 Kittyhawk Fighter Squadron.

An Armstrong WHitworth Whitley of No 77 Squadron at RAF Driffield

Nine Elms British War Cemetery - near Popereinge Belgium

HMAT Ascanius at Outer Harbour embarking the 10th Battalion. State Library of SA B10303

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.

For the first time since Gallipoli, the New Zealanders attacked alongside the Australians at Messines on 7 June 1917. Here New Zealand troops watch British tanks advance towards Messines Ridge. E01417

FLGOFF Kenneth BENNETT 463 Squadron

Capt Hyman SYMONDS

Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery and in the distance the tower of the Australian National Memorial

Jack Reed (R) and mates somewhere in northern Australia

Edwards with his wife, left, and mother-in-law, right, leaving Buckingham Palace after attending an investiture ceremony at which he was awarded the VC.

Crimerian Cannons

Map displaying the defensive layout during the siege during April to May 1941.

Graham Leaver in camp at Heliopolis, Egypt in 1916

LHS Plaque at St Peters Heroes Memorial

Studio portrait of 407713 Aircraftman (AC), later Sergeant (Sgt) No. 32 Squadron RAAF, James Alexander Herman, of Kilkenny, SA.

No. 2 Squadron B-25s lined up at Batchelor in the NT

1763 Tpr Joseph Wren Rear side of photo

Studio portrait of Arthur John Lammey

Australian WW2 medal set for service in the South West Pacific - 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, 1939-45 War Medal, Australian Service Medal 39-45

Cause: Japanese naval guns in a pillbox at Mangam covering the Milford Highway.

The Smythe Boys 1912 L to R Vernon Erle Smythe (Capt MC, 3rd Bn), Herbert Andrew Smythe (Cpl, KIA 3/5/1917, Bullecourt ii) Percy Smythe (2nd Lt, 24th Bn, MC), Edward Vivian Smythe (Major, 17th Bn, MC+Bar)

Sergeant John Francis Montgomery, 1st Light Horse Regiment Train, September 1914

An unusual feature of the Dernancourt cemetery. The marker of a grave of what appears to be a young Englishwoman. What was the story behind her death in occupied France in WW2?

The victorious 1913 Waikerie Football team taken after they won the Grand Final against Morgan. Having won it for the third time in succession they 'retired' the trophy as was the practice at the time.

A medium trench mortar and crew of the 3rd Australian Medium Trench Mortar Battery, 2nd Division, in action in a farmhouse 400 yards from the German front lines. Gun position selected and made use of to support Infantry raid prior to attack on Morlancourt village. Left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) J. Arthur; Lt L. C. Reeves; Gunner (Gnr) W. Commons, holding cleaning rod; Gnr G. Parker, loading mortar; Corporal P. Barber.

Lieutenant General (later Sir) Leslie Mooreshead, General Officer Commanding the 9th Division at Tobruk. A one-time teacher, Gallipoli veteran and renowned as a disciplinarian, he was nick-named 'Ming the Merciless' by his troops after a cartoon character of the time.

A B25 Mitchell medium bomber of No. 180 Squadron RAF

Found at last. AE1 in 300m of water off Duke of York Islands

Percy Geason's grave at Pheasant Wood cemetery