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An 8 inch howitzer of the 1st Australian Siege Battery (aka 54th Siege Battery) at full recoil after firing one of its 60 pound shells. One of a series of images taken by Frank Hurley Official War Photographer

3619 Private Edwin Allen

NX70915 Lt CAH Moxham, 2nd/2nd machine Gun Battalion

Official caption reads; "The graves of 13 Australian soldiers from the 10th Battalion who, unless stated otherwise, were killed in action on 19 May 1915. From left to right, the graves are those of 1398 Private (Pte) Charles Olsen; 1037 Pte William Cocks, killed in action on 23 May 1915; 894 Pte Albert Henry Davey; 1751 Pte Joseph Gurry; 984 Pte Charles Henry Allen; 1558 Pte Albert Beswick (actually Baswick); 101 Pte Walter Batley Seaman; 801 Private Arthur Sydney Johnson; 1357 Pte Sydney Brooke Holt, killed on 29 May 1915; 299 Pte Thomas Arthur Atwill; 1184 Pte Benjamin Thomas Thorpe; 1163 Pte John George Murphy; 1452 Pte William Altree, killed on 29 May. Post war investigation revealed that Pte Albert Baswick, coach trimmer, enlisted at Oaklands, South Australia and embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Runic on 27 November 1914; Albert Baswick was an alias of John Routledge, son of Thomas and L Caroline Routledge, of 4 Holt Terrace, Shell Street, Stanley Grove, Manchester, England" This group correlates closely with the CO's account of the battle (see Lock p46) plus three other men PTEs Cocks Holt and Altree who died in the days following the major counter attack. The CO's account indated that 11 men were killed. Ten are thus accounted for in this photograph with the eleventh perhaps succumbing to wounds in the evacuation chain. This group is now all interred in the Shrapnel Gully Cemetery. AWM Image http://www.awm.gov.au/view/collection/item/C02199/

Crimerian Cannons

36211 Gunner Ralph French, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade

The pilot (on the right) and Flight Engineer of a No. 149 Squadron Vickers Wellington bomber in 1941

"on the road to Jerusalem"

PTE B.M. HARKIN, MEDICAL ORDERLY, 106 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (1), DRESSING THE WOUND OF PTE A.J. BASSETT, 8 INFANTRY BATTALION (2).

Glenelg Uniting Church WW1 Honour Board

A crashed Beaufort A9-467 lies in a field 15 miles west of Bundaberg, following a mid air collision with Beaufort A9-436. The aircraft were from No. 32 Squadron. Both crews, a total of eight men, died in the accident. This image is from the collection of 23650 Sergeant Clifford Vernon James Potter RAAF, who served as a photographer with 8 Service Flying Training School, Bundaberg, Queensland.

Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension

"Star" boring plant, used by the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company (AEMM).

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

ASMAN KHAN, AN EMACIATED INDIAN, WHO IS RECEIVING TREATMENT AT 105 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION.

3RAR’s Regimental Sergeant Major, Vince Murdoch, tends a wounded and blindfolded North Vietnamese soldier at Balmoral.

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.

George Mitchell shortly before the award of the Military Cross at Dernancourt

Painting by Will Longstaff depicting the night counter-attack o Villers Brettoneux that recaptured the town and checked the German advance on Amiens, 24/5 April 1918.

Albert James DUNSTER's headstone at Trois Arbres Cemetery

The Noonan SA Police Heavyweight Boxing Championship Trophy Belt won by Tom Tobin 1938-1940. On display in Police Headquarters

Outdoor group portrait of six signallers in the snow. Identified back row, left to right: 19636 Gunner (Gnr) Reginald Sylvester Mason; 19822 Gnr Gilbert James Simmonds; 19657 Stanley Clarence Whiting; 19806 Gnr Lewis Ewen McKenzie (later MM). Front row, seated: 19616 Gnr Frank Orman Ball and 19634 Gnr Allan Lyle McPherson (later MM). These men embarked for service overseas with the 8th Field Artillery Brigade aboard HMAT Medic (A7) on 20 May 1916 (Gnrs McPherson, Whiting and Ball from Sydney and Gnrs McKenzie and Simmonds from Melbourne). Gnr Mason, a printer from Corrowa, NSW, prior to enlistment, died of wounds in Belgium on 27 September 1917, aged 22. The other five men survived the war.

Lieutenant Leonard Gurner of the 60th Bn AIF: KIA Morlicourt France 18 July 1918

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.

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

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

SX11838 Richard Besanko of the 2nd/ 4th Field Workshops - North Africa

Barry Spicers painting of "SqnLdr David Leicester's Lancaster coming home in daylight"

'Colourised' image of a NZ Howitzer battery displaying the key attributes of the gun - short barrel, fixed trail, high angle fire spoked wheels, crew of five.

WW1 Meritorious service post 31 Dec 15 Embarkation: L-R Military Medal (MM), British War Medal, Victory Medal

Jamestown HB02 - Jamestown & DIstrict Honour Board

Gunners of the 2nd/4th Field Regiment with one of their short 25 pounder pack howitzers prepared for air dropping at Nadzab New Guinea September 1943.

Peter Masters shortly after enlistment Sep 1940

Major Graham Growden

6408 PTE Alfred Ernest NICHOLLS

Troops of the Australian 1st Division Pioneers digging out a 4.5in howitzer near Hannebeek, Belgium, 4 Oct 1917. This was one of the key factors that impaired the provision of artillery support during the latter stages of Third Ypres.