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This photograph is of the 4th Pioneer Battalion New Zealand Army but it serves to illustrate the extent of preparation before the battle - this is rehearsal conducted prior to the battle of Messines. These men are advancing towards the start line for an attack. As they approach it in columns of route, they spread out quickly into 'artillery formation' as seen here so they are less vulnerable . This photo should be viewed in conjunction with the adjacent diagram and explanation. Image from tumatauenga.webs.com

KROKONG, BORNEO. 1965-05. RONALD T. CARROLL (KILLED IN ACTION 1968-08-08) AND 215627 PRIVATE NEIL BROWN, 'A' COMPANY, 3RD BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT (3RAR). (DONOR N. BROWN)

The Gestapo complex at Aarhus Denmark as it is hit by a 140 Wing Strike on 31 Oct 1944

Private Paul ANdrew LARGE was a national service conscript from Coolah in Queensland, and part of D Company 6RAR. He was one of the 17 soldiers of D Company killed in action in the course of the Battle of Long Tan.

7083 Private Robert William Thompson

"Australia Remembers" plaque. Inscription: Ronald Custance, RAAF, 1944-1945.

During World War II, the airfield at Deniliquin was primarily a training base. From June 1941 until August 1944, 2206 pilots graduated from No 7 Service Flying Training School. As the end of the war neared, a number of operational units were moved to the base to be disbanded.

Nine members of 5 Platoon, B Company, 6RAR. By the end of Operation Bribie three of these young men were dead and five had been wounded. Only one emerged from the battle unscathed. Image courtesy of J. O'Halloran. [AWM P02452.002]

JEH Butler's name on last shell fired from Anzac Cove, 12 December 1915

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The best tunnelling conditions were in the great chalk seams running across northern France. Excavation generally had to be conducted with great care to conceal t he diggings and where in the proximity of enemy miners, to prevent detection by listening devices. Men of the 3rd Australian Company excavating a chamber in the chalk in the Hulluch subway system. The chalk was dug out with miners' picks and filled into bags. These bags were trucked along the gallery to suitable positions, hauled to the surface and emptied at night. In places where the chalk crumbled, the walls had to be revetted, as is seen on the left. Identified left to right: Captain R. J. Langton MC, Officer Commanding, No. 1 Section (holding bag); 1194 Sapper (Spr) D. C. Vecchia; 6772 Spr C. A. L. Robinson, all members of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company.

Group portrait of No. 4 Initial Training School, RAAF Course No. 22, A Squadron, Flight 13. Pugh is second from the left in the centre row.

P40 Kittyhawk A29-82 of 2 OTU in flight - similar Curtis P40 Kittyhawk aircraft were involved in fatal accidents at 2 OTU.

The Funeral guard commanded by Captain Damian White of 10/27RSAR and bearing the Battalions Regimental Colour, approaching Courcelete Cemetery

3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment on parade April 1977.

L-R 1914/15 Star, British Empire War Medal, Victory Medal

A specially modified Lancaster B1 of 617 Squadron overflies the Mohne Dam against which it has just released its 'Upkeep' depth charge bomb. The Mohne Eder and Sorpe dams were all attacked as part of 'Operation Chastise'.

12228 Harold Lancelot KENYON

Driver John Pressey BAVIN. 9th Light Horse Regiment

Crimerian Cannons

An informal squadron briefing at 24 Squadron - A72-80 in shot at rear of he group of men walking towards the camera.

This is a slightly damaged photo of ANZAC Beach, Gallipoli, 1915. The beach has soldiers and supplies arriving by boat.

427870 Bernard Francis CODY taken at enlistment 1942

The Honour Rolls within the National War Memorial Adelaide

A Poster urging Australians to avenge the sinking of the Centaur by contributing to the war effort

Early in the war, 455 Squadron was equipped with the Handley Page Hampden light bomber, in what were Bomber Command markings

No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin in NSW during WW2. Deniliquin was one of many training bases established in inland Australia under the EATS with relatively flat terrain and benign weather making it suitable for early stage flying training.

Manly War Memorial being unveiled in 1916. Courtesy Manly Library.

Wing Commander Hughie Edwards

6787, Pte S.A. Beare 27 Battalion AIF

HAMS Canberra Sydney Harbour 1929, dressed with flags and firing a salute. Note the Supermarine Walrus seaplane, belonging to and crewed by No. 9 Squadron RAAF.

A 2 pounder (37mm) Anti Tank Gun firing at Japanese positions on Bougainville

AWM P08095.002

A portrait made by celebrated war artist Stella Bowen who painted a series of portraits of Australian aircrew in England during 1944.

'Caught on the Surface'. The sinking of U-461 by an RAAF Sunderland "U" of 461 Squadron RAAF, in the Bay of Biscay in July 1943. [As depicted by aviation artist Robert Taylor.] See the attached story "The Bullet with your name on it"

Wellington GR.XII 221 Sqn RAF over Greece 1945

AWM Collection The Banner borne by men of the 5th Machine Gun Battalion in Sydney until 1973 when the banner was retired and donated to the AWM

1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

"Six Snug Signallers" 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.

The grave of 937 Sergeant Harold Prisk of the 9th Light Horse Regiment, at the AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Adelaide

WW1 medal set - embarkation before 31 Dec 1915. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

S/N 1 LT Edward Addy, 9th Australian Infantry Battalion Pieta Cemetery Malta

4501 BALLARD, PTE H.E.32nd and 50th Battalions