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John Jackson and his brother Les photographed at the Alexandria Zoo while serving in the Middle East prior to returning to Australia to join No. 75 Squadron. Both men would command the unit with Les succeeding his older brother after he was killed in action.

John Jackson and his brother Les photographed at the Alexandria Zoo while serving in the Middle East prior to returning to Australia to join No. 75 Squadron. Both men would command the unit with Les succeeding his older brother after he was killed in action.
Flying Officer Robert Croft

Flying Officer Robert Croft
Portrait of 437282 Flight Sergeant (later Pilot Officer) Norman George Steer of Prospect, SA, Pilot (left), and 434107 Flying Officer Basil Trevor Roberts of Townsville, Qld, Navigator. They formed a ship-busting crew flying Beaufighter aircraft with RAAF 455 Squadron operating out of RAF Langham station, UK. On 15 October 1944, their aircraft ditched into the sea after attacking enemy trawlers off Norway. Only the body of FO Roberts was recovered, and he is buried in the Risor Civil Cemetery on the south coast of Norway

Portrait of 437282 Flight Sergeant (later Pilot Officer) Norman George Steer of Prospect, SA, Pilot (left), and 434107 Flying Officer Basil Trevor Roberts of Townsville, Qld, Navigator. They formed a ship-busting crew flying Beaufighter aircraft with RAAF 455 Squadron operating out of RAF Langham station, UK. On 15 October 1944, their aircraft ditched into the sea after attacking enemy trawlers off Norway. Only the body of FO Roberts was recovered, and he is buried in the Risor Civil Cemetery on the south coast of Norway
7024 Gordon Alexander LAING RH#24

7024 Gordon Alexander LAING RH#24
Sergeant (later ) Desmond Fopp, Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot
Squadron crews of mainly "C" Flight lined up in front of "A2" Aussie, March 1944.

Squadron crews of mainly "C" Flight lined up in front of "A2" Aussie, March 1944.
Three B24 Heavy Bombers of 7 OTU on a training flight in southern NSW in 1944/45

Three B24 Heavy Bombers of 7 OTU on a training flight in southern NSW in 1944/45
WW1 Embarkation Roll

https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1067412/large/5370159.JPG
Commonwealth War Graves Entry

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/485020/wetzel,-henry-conrad/
AWM - Photo Wall

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2599269?image=1
Wedding Notice - The Register 10/9/1920

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146436455
Ken Lindsay 4MD Signals Keswick Barracks
Doug Phillips Royal Australian Navy Reserve
John O'Callaghan Captain, Army 7 Div Engineers
Harry Patten 2nd/14th Field Regiment WW2
Frank Norton Army 1940.45 RAE
FLTLT John Jack' McKenna RAAF WW2
Sergeant Jack Brown
Ian and Babs Chalmers brother and sister
Doug Phillips Royal Australian Navy Reserve
FLTLT John Jack' McKenna RAAF WW2
Ken Aistrope Army 1940-45 Airport Rd Brooklyn Park
Petty Officer Frank Davey RAN
'Australia Remembers' Plaque Clifford St / Sir DB Drive Brooklyn Park
Frank Davey Royal Australian Navy
Australia Remembers 1995 - Fred McGee Army 1941-45
James McGovern Army 42-46
'Australia Remembers' Plaque Clifford St / Sir DB Drive Brooklyn Park
Australia Remembers - Laurie Gillespie Army 1942-45
James McGovern Army 42-46
Australia Remembers - Laurie Gillespie Army 1942-45
Australia Remembers - Laurie Gillespie Army 1942-45
LAC Keith Jordan
Australia Remembers 1995 - Bill Maudlin RAAF 1939-45
Stan Richardson - KIA New Guinea 2 Oct 2022
John McGovern 1943-45
Arthur Robertson Army 1942
(Irene) Margaret McGovern
A 38 Squadron Wellington being 'bombed up' with two torpedoes on Malta.
Flight Lieutenant William ALLEN DFM
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.
A US C47 Dakota conducts a supply drop at Nauro Village. Supplies were free dropped and suffered high loss rates on impact, and being lost in trees and swamps, leading to an overestimation of supplies stockpiled forward. Mde worse when a Japanese air raid took out most of the available C47s at Port Moresby.
Men of the 39th Battalion's D Company make their way along the track in the course of their delaying defence. From right to left: Warrant Officer 2 R. Marsh, Privates G. Palmer, J. Manol, J. Tonkins, A. Forrester, and Gallipoli veteran Staff Sergeant J. Long.....AWM 013288
Soldiers of the 2nd/27th Battalion, cut off from the Brigade withdrawal from Mission Ridge, finally regain touch with their colleagues after almost two weeks with very little food. They brought in the wounded of the their own and two other Battalions of the 21st Brigade.
The Australians of the 16th Brigade assemble near Eora Creek in the Owen Stanley Ranges for an attack on Japanese positions near Kokoda. These men at least have Bren Guns, but supply problems thwarted the attempt to retake Kokoda and instead the epic defence of Isurava was conducted.
Damien Parer's cine film of Kokoda

https://aso.gov.au/titles/newsreels/road-to-kokoda/clip1/
Australian soldiers with captured Japanese weapons including the dreaded 75mm mountain gun
Corporal Jim Canty was one of the heavily out-numbered heroes of the 39th Australian Infantry Battalion who blocked the passage of Japanese troops along the Kokoda Track, until relieved by the 16th Brigade.
I could see no chance of getting back home as I often heard the noise of the guns coming nearer and nearer after us. We passed Manari and on and on, getting up at 4AM every day and started the journey fearing of aeroplanes. At Efogi they were short of soldiers and got us to help them carry the guns. I thought of a way to hide from the Japanese and meet the Australians, but I had no chance… things went on like this until we reached Kokoda. Fred Boski, excerpt of diary AWM2020.8.1464. Conscripted by the Japanese as a porter, he fled and joined the Australians.

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