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Reg Laught Airforce 1942-1945
Ken Grant Airforce 1940-1946
A pre-war photograph of Walter Schwarz and his mother. He appears to be in the uniform of a cadet unit. The date is indicative only other than it being prior to the outbreak of war.
Studio portrait of Studio portrait of 15433 Sapper Ralph Reynolds ROSE also taken in England c. August 1916, the photographer is unknown. From the Patricia Roberts (nee ROSE) family collection.
Enlistment Photo
Studio portrait of 15433 Sapper Ralph Reynolds ROSE taken in England c. August 1916, the photographer is unknown. From the collection of the late Patricia Roberts (nee ROSE), eldest daughter of Ralph ROSE.
This photograph was taken whilst he was still undergoing initial pilot training. Trainees were required to wear the cap with a white band until their air training had been fully completed.
Ross Robertson's war grave
Candidates for enlistment into the VDC on the far west coast of SA gather near Ceduna from surrounding farms.
Crew and ground staff stand in front of one of the Lockheed Hudsons of No. 2 Squadron RAAF at Batchelor, Northern Territory, in October 1942. Nos 2 and 13 squadrons were the main strike force in the Northern Territory in 1942, as well as a key means of reconnaissance of enemy ports. The photographed Hudson was crash-landed the following March and converted to components. AWM 027611, photographer: William Sanders
VDC Motor Spirit (petrol) ration tickets used by VDC Members to procure fuel for vehicles used in VDC activities
A Bofors Gun Crew of the 4th (Qld) Battalion VDC, man a Bofors 40mm anti aircraft gun having been cross-trained to form part of Brisbane's anti-aircraft defences. The men to the right rear are holding five-round clips of ammunition. The gun fires automatically until it exhausts the ammunition in its clip. as long as the gunner keeps the pedal depressed
A searchlight crew of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) stands in front of its searchlight as part of a street display during Army Week in support of the Third Liberty Loan, Perth, March 1943. I was desperate to enlist in the army, having learnt Morse Code in anticipation of joining up, but my father refused to sign my papers. After much pleading and threats to join when I was twenty-one, he relented, and in August 1942 his fifth child was serving in the Australian Women's Army Service. (Image: AWM 029770, quote: Sister Julia O'Sullivan, Tell Us Your Story, www.anzac.dpc.wa.gov.au
An extract of the VDC Training Booklet - the .303 standard issue Lee Enfield no. 1 Mk III
Group portrait of participants of the No 2 Bombing and Gunnery School (BAGS), Course 30, on graduation day. Left to right, back row, is: Leading Aircraftman (LAC) Reader; LAC O'Sullivan; LAC Ziersch probably 417690 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Leslie Ernest Ziersch (lost on operations over the United Kingdom on 11 April 1944); 417830 LAC Geoffrey O'Halloran Giles; 417820 LAC Frederick Dyer; LAC Ballinger; LAC Sincock; LAC Parham; LAC Johnson; LAC Quinlivan; LAC Willington; LAC Banfield; LAC Payne; LAC Kirkham; LAC Bonham; LAC Kerfoot; 419298 LAC (later Flying Officer [FO]) Harry Ronald Crout (lost on operations over France on 10 May 1944); LAC Phillips; LAC Porter; LAC Wallace. Third row: 427438 Flt Sgt Gergo Caveridge (lost on operations over Germany on 28 September 1944); Clark; Dutton; 427502 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Paulus Senor Coronel (killed in an accident in the United Kingdom on 25 September 1944); Lamberton; 417821 LAC (later Warrant Officer) Harold Murray Earle (lost on operations over the North Sea on 29 October 1944); LAC Groves; LAC Randell; LAC Scott; LAC Morton; LAC Potter; LAC Walters; LAC Oliver; LAC Bunce; LAC Mitchell; LAC Kiddle; 26221 LAC Alick Betram Ewens; possibly 417818 LAC (later Flight Lieutenant [Flt Lt]) Clifford Harris Drewer (lost on operations over France on 24 June 1944); LAC Horinack; 410144 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Ronald Charles Brookman (lost on operations over France on 26 September 1944). Second row: LAC Brand; LAC Moffitt; LAC Seymour; LAC Lowe; LAC Lake; LAC Mander; LAC Murray; possibly 417855 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Rex Tidswell Lathlean (lost on operations over the United Kingdom on 24 July 1944); LAC Baynes; LAC Keightley; 419332 LAC (later Pilot Officer) John Barrie Nanscawen (lost on operations over Germany on 8 February 1945); 417826 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Frank Edgar Fischer (lost on operations over Germany on 29 July 1944); 410536 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Leonard Allan Eunson (lost on operations over France on 6 August 1944); King; 419387 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Gregory Herbert Hunkin (lost on operations over N. W. Europe on 27 June 1944); LAC Adams; LAC Kitto; LAC McRostie; LAC Martin; possibly 418744 LAC Conrad Fontaine. Front row: 417822 LAC David Easterbrook; LAC Bury; LAC Andrews; Corporal (Cpl) Kiddle; Sergeant (Sgt) Barnes; Warrant Officer (WO) Hunt; Flight Officer (FO) Allmand; Flight Sergeant (FS) Wilson; Sgt Stanbury; 417824 LAC (later Flt Sgt) Albert Wilson Farrer (lost on operations over France on 16 August 1944); LAC Hughes; LAC Carlton; LAC Ashurst.
Australian troops bring in a wounded German soldier after a raid on a German Strongpoint
An AAMWS recruiting poster
Buildings in Balikpapan near the opil refinery showing bomb and shell damage
L-R 1939--45 Star, Nth Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, British War Medal 39-45, Australian Service Medal 39-45.
Lord Kitchener is presented to Boer War Veterans by Colonel James Rowell. Kitchener visited Australia in 1911 as part of a far-reaching review into defence preparedness. As a result, Universal Military Service was introduced.
Bob McGhee was a Life Member of the Plympton RSL.
Bob McGhee was the founding president of Plympton RSL and served several terms.
Commonwealth War Graves Record

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L-R British War Medal, Victory Medal, Legion d'Honeur
Officers of the South Australian Transvaal Contingent, 10th Battalion: Lieut. Stapleton, Captain Howland, Captain Lascelles, Lieut. Blair, Major Toll and Lieut. Powell.
An extract of the 'Volunteer Defence Corps Handbook', showing the key features of the Lewis light machine gun, a WW1 era weapon which saw widespread use in WW2
Enlistment photo
Notes on the back of a photograph of his cycling mate, Arthur Lynch, KIA in the final stages of fighting in Singapore. He had been in the Army less than two months.
Driver Robert George SMITH of the 2nd Pioneer Battalion KIA during the German Spring Offensive in 1918
Group portrait of S7390 Trooper (Tpr) Ralph Trevor Zweck, 3rd Australian Air Maintenance Company Citizen Military Forces (CMF), and timber cutters at Nadzab in Papua New Guinea. Tpr Zweck also served in 151 General Transport Company.
Informal group portrait of (left to right) S7599 Trooper (Tpr) Roy Victor Keller, 3rd Motor Regiment; S81152 Private (Pte) Oscar Martin Keller, 6th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps; and S7390 Tpr Ralph Trevor Zweck, 3rd Australian Air Maintenance Company Citizen Military Forces (C.M.F.), all three from South Australia. Tpr Zweck also served in 151 General Transport Company.
S7390 PTE Ralph Trevor ZWECK - taken from enlistment photograph
Portrait of Flying Officer Lyall R Klaffer of Adelaide, SA, seated in the cockpit of his Vampire aircraft. He is a member of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF, which is stationed in Malta while undertaking garrison duties.
Sergeant Lyall Klaffer, adjusting his flying suit and breathing apparatus, preparing for a combat sortie from Iwakuni, Japan over Korea flying 77 Squadron's P51 Mustang
Flight Sergeant Llewellyn GRE, cropped from a group photo of his crew members
The plaque listing the first block of names heading west from the Statue, numbered 1-8 8 PTE W. G. ROBERTSON 7 SGT L. H. SANDO 6 PTE C. J. RICE NORTH 5 PTE U. M. KEELY 4 L.CPL J. S. DEANE 3 FARRIER A. KEELY 2 SGT H. E. CLARK 1 SGT A. C. HUNTER
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
No. 15 Squadron Bomber Command - Lancasters L - R standing: Flt Sgt. James "Jim" Mallinson RAAF, Sgt. Dennis Parrish RAF, Sgt. James "Jock" Hepburn DFM - RAF, Flt Sgt. Gerald McPherson RAAF. L - R seated: Flt Sgt. Ron Liversidge RAAF, FSGT Houghton RNZAF (killed on ops with another Crew) Flt Sgt. Wilbert Perry RAAF. After the death of FSGT Houghton Flt Lt. Jeff Clarson RAAF joined as his replacement.
The Commemorative Plaque of the 2nd/2nd Field Regiment at the AWM Canberra. Commissioned by the 2/2 Field Regiment Association as part of the Australian War Memorial’s Plaque Dedication Program. This plaque was dedicated on 21 February 2018 at a ceremony held at the Australian War Memorial.
A view of Esbjerg Harbour
A view of the CWGC cemetery at Esbjerg in Denmark
A brochure distributed on the opening of the Memorial 4th September 1920
A de Havilland Mosquito FB1 of No. 464 Squadron RAAF

A de Havilland Mosquito FB1 of No. 464 Squadron RAAF
Edward Claude Perkins 17th Bn AIF
Able Seaman Telegrapher Jim Simm served in the RAN 1943-1946

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