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Portrait Image of Norm Ginn for the Australian War Memorial honouring Second World War Veterans Project.
A detailed map of the Torbruk battlespace, with notes by Australian correspondent Chester Willmott
Latvian passport of 1920 Eduards Ābelskalns / Ābelkalns. LVVA Fund No. 2996 Apr 1; Case no. 794.
Find a Grave - William Ernest Pyne Marles

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151983351/william-ernest_pyne-marles
Gale Family Memorial at Cheltenham Cemetery, listing Keith St CLair Gale
The first 'action shot' photograph from Norwood Football Club, with Lance Lewis taking a high mark in the 1907 final against Port Adelaide. This image features on 'The Norwood Shield' held by the NSW AFL:< presented after a successful tour of NSW in 1911
Headstone of SGT Keith St Clair GALE, Daours Cemetery France
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-01. A CATCHY INSIGNIA ON THEIR AIRCRAFT IS EVOLVED BY MOST PILOTS AND 417413 SERGEANT TED QUINN, GUMERACHA, SA, A KITTYHAWK PILOT OF NO. 80 SQUADRON RAAF AT AN ADVANCED RAAF BASE IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC AREA IS PROUD OF "GINGER MEGGS" SITTING ON A BOMB PAINTED ON THE FUSELAGE OF HIS FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, NICKNAMED "47 US FELLAS".

MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-01. A CATCHY INSIGNIA ON THEIR AIRCRAFT IS EVOLVED BY MOST PILOTS AND 417413 SERGEANT TED QUINN, GUMERACHA, SA, A KITTYHAWK PILOT OF NO. 80 SQUADRON RAAF AT AN ADVANCED RAAF BASE IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC AREA IS PROUD OF "GINGER MEGGS" SITTING ON A BOMB PAINTED ON THE FUSELAGE OF HIS FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, NICKNAMED "47 US FELLAS".
Pilot Officer George William Herbert, a Beaufighter Pilot with No. 455 Squadron RAAF
Sergeant Oscar Bauman of the 32nd Battalion
Yorkshire, England. C. 1942-02. Group portrait of the crew of Wellington aircraft "X for X-Ray" of No. 458 Squadron RAAF at an RAF station, Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Left to right: Pilot Officer (PO) W. Gengos, second pilot; 400354 Sergeant (Sgt) A. L. Opas, wireless operator; 402596 Sgt M. D. Hart, wireless operator; PO R. B. Harris, RAF (regarded as one of the best navigators in the Squadron); 406326 Sgt A. R. Downe, rear gunner; 402425 Sgt (later Flight Sergeant) David Maitland Watts, captain, (lost on operations over the Middle East on 12 August 1942). Most of the men in his image were lost on 12 Aug 1942 with No. 108 Squadron in the Middle East.
Informal outdoor portrait of VX38890 Captain (Capt) David St Alban "Dade" Dexter, 2/2 Independent Company (Sparrow Force), following his return from service in Timor, where the unit fought and evaded capture by the Japanese. 2/2 Independent Company was renamed 2/2 Cavalry Commando Squadron and fought in New Guinea and New Britain. Dexter was appointed Commanding Officer of a Commando Squadron operating in the Ramu Valley, New Guinea, for which he was mentioned in despatches. He was promoted to Major, and commanded 2/4 Independent Company at the Tarakan landing in Kalimantan. Dexter was wounded five times during his service. He was one of the five serving sons of Padre Walter Ernest Dexter DSO MC DCM, a mounted trooper in the Boer War and a military chaplain in the First World War. Following the war David Dexter wrote Part VI of the Official War History, The New Guinea Offensives. This image is from the collection of Lieutenant Paul Merrick (Mick) Dexter, who enlisted in the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANV) in 1943, and was a watchkeeper and anti-submarine specialist on Corvettes between 1944 and 1946. (See PR00249 for private records of David Dexter relating to his active service as a commando officer in Timor and New Guinea.)
'In memory of 2101A PTE. J. ANTONIO 6 Battalion 28-9-1915 age 20 Buried Shrapnel Valley Cemetery Gallipoli'
Ron Stevens served in the 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Auction notes 25th September 2008 DNW website 1914-15 Star (O.N.2263 Ord. Sea.); British War and Victory Medals (A.B., R.A.N.); War and Australia Service Medals (2263 R. F. Grimley); Royal Australian Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension, with Second Award bar (2263 Leading Seaman, R.A.N.); H.M.A.S. Sydney - S.M.S. Emden Medal, 9 November 1914, silver Mexican Dollar dated 1895 , mounted by W. Kerr, Sydney, unnamed; Western Australia, Sydney - Emden Commemorative Medal, reverse inscribed (part engraved) ‘Presented by the People of Western Australia to R. F. Grimley, Boy 1 Class’, mounted for display, edge bruising, first three worn; others very fine (8) £1800-2200

Auction notes 25th September 2008 DNW website 1914-15 Star (O.N.2263 Ord. Sea.); British War and Victory Medals (A.B., R.A.N.); War and Australia Service Medals (2263 R. F. Grimley); Royal Australian Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension, with Second Award bar (2263 Leading Seaman, R.A.N.); H.M.A.S. Sydney - S.M.S. Emden Medal, 9 November 1914, silver Mexican Dollar dated 1895 , mounted by W. Kerr, Sydney, unnamed; Western Australia, Sydney - Emden Commemorative Medal, reverse inscribed (part engraved) ‘Presented by the People of Western Australia to R. F. Grimley, Boy 1 Class’, mounted for display, edge bruising, first three worn; others very fine (8) £1800-2200
NORFOLK, ENGLAND. 1944-09-03. PORTRAIT OF 418410 FLYING OFFICER WILLIAM (BILL) G. HERBERT, ELWOOD, VIC, A PILOT WITH BEAUFIGHTER NO. 455 SQUADRON RAAF IN COASTAL COMMAND AT RAF STATION LANGHAM.
Trooper Jack REAY, 2nd/10th Commando Company, Torrecelli Mountains New Guinea
Lance Lewis as a Member of the 1907 championship Norwood team
Most of the crew of Lancaster LL847 JO-D of 463 Squadron. Sgt Henry Fowler RAF far left,P/OFF Robert Byrnes RAAF, FLGOFF Kenneth Bennett 3rd from left (pilot). three remaining men not yet identified. Missing from this group is James OGILVIE RAAF who is believed to have flown as a trainee second pilot on the night the aircraft was lost. From ADF Serials site 463 Sqn. 15/03/44 to 17/12/44, JO-D. ORBS record 94 missions. First flown by RAAF Pilot F/O J H Dechastel & crew who completed a tour of 32 missions 30 of them in LL847. Also RAAF Pilot F/O K P Brady & crew completed a tour of 30 missions 28 of them in LL847. The last mission on 17/18-Dec-1944 was flown by Pilot K E H Bennett RAAF, 2nd Pilot F/O J H Ogilvie RAAF, F/Engineer F/S R G Nuttall RAF, Nav F/S S Easton RAF, B/Aimer F/S T N Watson RAF, Wireless Op F/S R W Byrnes RAAF, MU Gunner Sgt G A C Frizzell RAF, Rear Gunner Sgt H Fowler RAAF. Brady's gunners shot down an ME109 on 28-Jul-1944 & the rear gunner shot down a Donier 217 on 29/30 Aug-1944. Bennett's gunners shot down a JU88 on the 6/7-Dec-1944 while it was attacking another Lancaster.

Most of the crew of Lancaster LL847 JO-D of 463 Squadron. Sgt Henry Fowler RAF far left,P/OFF Robert Byrnes RAAF, FLGOFF Kenneth Bennett 3rd from left (pilot). three remaining men not yet identified. Missing from this group is James OGILVIE RAAF who is believed to have flown as a trainee second pilot on the night the aircraft was lost. From ADF Serials site 463 Sqn. 15/03/44 to 17/12/44, JO-D. ORBS record 94 missions. First flown by RAAF Pilot F/O J H Dechastel & crew who completed a tour of 32 missions 30 of them in LL847. Also RAAF Pilot F/O K P Brady & crew completed a tour of 30 missions 28 of them in LL847. The last mission on 17/18-Dec-1944 was flown by Pilot K E H Bennett RAAF, 2nd Pilot F/O J H Ogilvie RAAF, F/Engineer F/S R G Nuttall RAF, Nav F/S S Easton RAF, B/Aimer F/S T N Watson RAF, Wireless Op F/S R W Byrnes RAAF, MU Gunner Sgt G A C Frizzell RAF, Rear Gunner Sgt H Fowler RAAF. Brady's gunners shot down an ME109 on 28-Jul-1944 & the rear gunner shot down a Donier 217 on 29/30 Aug-1944. Bennett's gunners shot down a JU88 on the 6/7-Dec-1944 while it was attacking another Lancaster.
Ron Stevens served in the 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Major (later Brigadier) Patrick Wald Beale after the award of the DSO
Military Medal, G.V.R. (3958 Pte. G. H. Trew. 2Aust: Inf:); British War Medal 1914-20 (3958 Pte. G. H. Trew. 2Bn. A.I.F.) ‘3’ officially corrected; War Medal 1939-45 (N65913 G. H. Trew); Australia Service Medal (N65913 G. H. Trew), Second War Medals officially impressed, mounted for display

Military Medal, G.V.R. (3958 Pte. G. H. Trew. 2Aust: Inf:); British War Medal 1914-20 (3958 Pte. G. H. Trew. 2Bn. A.I.F.) ‘3’ officially corrected; War Medal 1939-45 (N65913 G. H. Trew); Australia Service Medal (N65913 G. H. Trew), Second War Medals officially impressed, mounted for display
Studio portrait of QX25292 Sergeant Keith Douglas FITZPATRICK who served during the Second World War. 'Reflections – Honouring our World War Two Veterans' was a project that saw 6,500 Second World War Veterans photographed by 450 accredited professional photographers from around Australia from 2015 to 2017. On completion of the project, the Australian Institute of Professional Photography donated a digital archive of these images to the Australian War Memorial. The Australian War Memorial is not the copyright owner of the Reflections series.
A No. 75 Squadron P-40 Kittyhawk, piloted by Flying Officer D.E. Pank taxiing to dispersal after a sortie, at Milne Bay in September 1942.

A No. 75 Squadron Kittyhawk at Milne Bay in September 1942
Barbara Elsey ,having supplied the DNA sample that conclusively identified Oscar Bauman's remains, stands beside his headstone at Pheasant Wood Cemetery
RATHMINES, NSW. 1944-07. NO 3 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT RAAF, CATALINA CONVERSION COURSE. LEFT TO RIGHT: BACK ROW; FOSTER; SQUADRON LEADER F SHOBEY; S C BRANDON; RAY H GIBSON; KEITH FINLAY; J R CLEWORTH; J W SILVESTON; JENSEN. CENTRE ROW; P K KELLY; R C BARBOUR (419949 FLYING OFFICER ROBERT CARLISLE BARBOUR, LOST ON OPERATIONS IN THE PHILLIPINES ON 14 DECEMBER 1944); DONNELL; C W COX; UNKNOWN; FLYING OFFICER ELLIOT; A N WATKINSON; DENISON; WARRANT OFFICER ROSS WILLIAM SCHULZ. FRONT ROW; J M KANE; A E NICHOLLS; SQUADRON LEADER ANDERSON; ? ROBINSON; B GAULSTON; L S OATS; T W CUTHBERTSON; STOCKDALE. (DONOR: J R CLEWORTH)
Fort Glanville (SA)

https://explore.history.sa.gov.au/organisation/fort-glanville-historical-association
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This Australian soldier’s skull has extensive damage caused by bullet wounds sustained in the Battle of Passchendale (or Third Ypres, Battle of Polygon Wood) in the First World War. He was shot on September 28, 1917. Most of the damage was caused by a lead bullet that entered the mouth and passed through the palate and right eye. Shrapnel destroyed the ascending ramus of the right jaw, and another bullet, visible here, struck the left frontal sinus. Philadelphia opthalmologist and surgeon WT Shoemaker treated this soldier at a battlefield hospital in France. This soldier survived his initial injuries and treatments. But, five days after his injuries, blind and disoriented, he pulled out the bandage materials in his mouth that packed the wounds. He bled to death. Mutter Museum Philadelphia

This Australian soldier’s skull has extensive damage caused by bullet wounds sustained in the Battle of Passchendale (or Third Ypres, Battle of Polygon Wood) in the First World War. He was shot on September 28, 1917. Most of the damage was caused by a lead bullet that entered the mouth and passed through the palate and right eye. Shrapnel destroyed the ascending ramus of the right jaw, and another bullet, visible here, struck the left frontal sinus. Philadelphia opthalmologist and surgeon WT Shoemaker treated this soldier at a battlefield hospital in France. This soldier survived his initial injuries and treatments. But, five days after his injuries, blind and disoriented, he pulled out the bandage materials in his mouth that packed the wounds. He bled to death. Mutter Museum Philadelphia
Ellen May McCarty with her sister, Mary McCarthy.
Officers of the South Australian Transvaal Contingent, 10th Battalion: Lieut. Stapleton, Captain Howland, Captain Lascelles, Lieut. Blair, Major Toll and Lieut. Powell.
The United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation
Golden Grove Campus
No. 80 Squadron personnel with two of t he units'ss P40N Kittyhawk fighters and C-47 Transports in the background
Reginald Francis GRIMLEY

Reginald Francis GRIMLEY
MEMBERS OF 2/2 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, LOADING THE 155MM M1 "LONG TOM" BEFORE FIRING ONTO THE JAPANESE POSITIONS 14,600 YARDS AWAY. THE SHELL WEIGHS 95 POUNDS.

MEMBERS OF 2/2 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY, LOADING THE 155MM M1 "LONG TOM" BEFORE FIRING ONTO THE JAPANESE POSITIONS 14,600 YARDS AWAY. THE SHELL WEIGHS 95 POUNDS.
Find a Grave - James Painter

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148811571/james-painter
Tanunda, South Australia. 1 February 1920. Sister Bonayne and Colonel Price Weir after they had unveiled the WWI War Memorial in the background.
Wedding Notice - The Register 10/9/1920

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146436455
The cover of Arthur Hoyle's biography of Highie Edwards featuring the STella Bown portrait.

The cover of Arthur Hoyle's biography of Highie Edwards featuring the STella Bown portrait.
HMAS Vendetta replenishing at sea while part of the Far East Strategic Reserve in the mid 1960s
UNMOGIP Medal awarded to Australian personnel serving there from 1949-85
Flying Officer Raymond Edward Trebilco

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