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L-R Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
L-R Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Enlistment photo
A gathering at Australia House in Danang in 1967. From left WO2 J.T DURRINGTON, WO2 P. WHITE, WO2 M. “TEX” SINCLAIR, WO2 D.J. WALLNER, WO2 BRUCE DAVIES, WO2 D.F. FORD, WO2 J.A. BOND, WO2 D.T.POWELL and WO2 R.I. OLIVER. WO2 DURRINGTON and WO2 BOND were late killed in action.
Major Bruce Davies, MBE, MiD
Remembering Ray Paterson 6 Service Flying Training School
Douglas Ogilvie Army 1941-46
Clinton Collins RAAF 1941-1948 Clinton also served in the Militia, dates yet to be determined.
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.
Part of a large collection of photographs held by the State Library of SA relating to the activities of the Volunteer Defence Corps in SA during WW2. This image shows soldiers training on a WW1 vintage German MG08.15 one of many brought back to Australia as war trophies and often held in RSL halls. Ammunition would have been a challenge as it was not a standard Commonwealth supply item!
VDC soldiers at the Dean Rifle Range near Port Adelaide, using a mixture of Boer War era Lee Metford and more modern Lee Enfield .303 rifles at a range practice in October 1943
Informal portrait of the Victor Harbor detachment of the 4th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps that manned the Bluff Watch Station during the Second World War; this detachment was known as CWP No 3 – CWP denoting Coastal Watch Patrol. The photograph was taken on 14 February 1943, the photographer is unknown; Ralph ROSE is standing, far right.
The XXth F.C.E. Australian Rules Football Team that won the Final for Challenge Cup in July 1917. This photograph was taken in France, the photographer is unknown. Ralph’s brother Harold is in the back row, fourth from left, whilst Ralph (team captain) is sitting fourth from left holding the football. From the Patricia Roberts (nee ROSE) family collection.
Enlistment Photo
Candidates for enlistment into the VDC on the far west coast of SA gather near Ceduna from surrounding farms.
A Bristol Beaufort of No. 7 Squadron in dispersal for servicing near Townsville in early 1942. Beauforts were among a number of aircraft types built under licence in Australia by the Department of Aircraft Production.
One of two 6" breech loading guns mounted at Fort Scratchley Newcastle.
November 1943, Australian troops undertaking a booby trap course at Canungra as part of preparation for combat in New Guinea.
Evans Head Aerodrome and 1 Air Observer School facilities c 1940
A pensive Denis Jericho contemplating his Army career
Shaggy Ridge, New Guinea. 1943-12-27. A wounded soldier of the 2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion, 21st. Australian Infantry Brigade being assisted to the regimental aid post during the attack on the Japanese held "pimple". identified personnel are: WX14757 Corporal M. Hall, DCM., (1); NX127159 Private R. J. Rowe (2).
Three unidentified members of the 73rd Anti Aircraft Searchlight Battery, operating a radar controlled, 90 cm searchlight projector at their base at Scheyville, NSW. The unit was based at Scheyville between September and November 1942 when it relocated to Brisbane, Qld, on 8 November and then on to Townsville, Qld. On 29 December 1942 the unit embarked for New Guinea aboard the MV Duntroon, where they remained until returning to Australia on 13 July 1944. AWM POS147.001
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.
Group portrait aircrew and army officers, graduates at the School of Army Co-operation (SAC). Identified personnel believed to be in the photograph are; back row: NX58921 Lieutenant (Lt) Patrick Joseph (Pat) Horan (second from left) later awarded the United States Legion of Merit, Legionnaire, for services rendered in the cause of the Allies; Stewart Williams, probably VX45502 Lt Stewart Hammond Williams, (third from left); Keith E Noblet, (extreme right). Front row: SX4550 Captain (Capt) Thomas Fergusson Gill, (third from left); VX7443 Captain (Capt) Hubert (Philip) Braddock, (fourth from right); NX51115 Capt Richard Cornish Garnsey, (extreme right), later awarded the Military Cross for outstanding courage and devotion to duty in the Lae-Finschafen area in New Guinea. Capt Garnsey was later promoted to major with the Land Headquarters. He died in Australia on 24 February 1946 aged 27 years. Capt Gill of Largs Bay, SA, was killed whilst on a reconnaissance flight over Jacquinot Bay, New Britain on 10 September 1943, aged 29 years. Capt Gill was recommended for Mention in Despatches dated 31 July 1943 for his gallant and distinguished services in the South West Papua area. The recommendation was gazetted on 31 December 1943. The SAC was established in late 1941 to instruct pilots and prospective ALOs in the techniques of army operations, the school accorded increased emphasis to the requirements of direct support. The school taught trainees specialised techniques required for tactical reconnaissance and for other close air support of the army ground forces engaged in jungle warfare in the South West Pacific theatre. The SAC was based at RAAF Fairbairn in Canberra
Joseph Archdall Beacom
The front gate of RAAF Tocumwal in 1945
1822 William Clarence Way AHANG 5th Pioneer Battalion
1878 Ernest Albert ATKINSON 10th Infantry Battalion
Ray Harris 1943-1946
The OCS Memorial. A saluting officer cadet atop a plinth, attached to which is a plaque commemorating graduates killed in action. The area is rich in history both indigenous and post European settlement with the establishment of a Quarantine Station in the 1850s and the construction of fortifications from 1876.
Australian Active Service medal 1945-75, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Defence Service medal, National Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
A C47, 'REW' tail number A65-48 of No. 36 Squadron over New Guinea in 1945
The Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne, home of No. 1 STT froom 1941
HMAS Gladstone
HMAS Goulburn operated as a minesweeper, convoy escort and anti-submarine patrol ship during her 5 year commission.
Madang, New Guinea. C. 1945-05. Crew of Beaufort bomber aircraft a9-500 of NO. 15 Squadron RAAF. Left to right: 403843 Flight Lieutenant Harry Reginald Silcock, Newcastle, NSW, Pilot 437010 Flying Officer (Fo) Alfred Edward Sage, Randwick, NSW, Navigator 424723 Fo John Wall Baxter, Sydney, NSW, Wireless Telegraphy Operator 411233 Pilot Officer Joseph Henry Siddall, Sydney, NSW, Air-Gunner. The nose art insignia on the fuselage and nickname Barmera Waikerie, named after the two towns in South Australia, in recognition of the fulfilment of their third victory loan quota.
Sgt Frederick 'Jos' COLLESS, who died as a PoW of Germany, from wounds received at the Battle of Fromelles, on 23 July 1916. One of a small group of Australians from both WW1 and WW2 interred in this cemetery.
FLTLT Mervyn Charles Shipard, DFC*
The 2nd/28th Battalion embarks in Cairns to deploy to Lae in August 1943.
Flight Sergeant Jim Mallinson 1943
Flight Sergeant Jim Mallinson 1943
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
The 4th Battalion parade at the gravesites of the 14 men killed in a training accident. The graves at this site were subsequently re-located to Perth War Cemetery.

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