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Lauri Sheard's grave alongside his colleagues at Bomana War Cemetery Port Moresby Papua New Guinea.

Lauri Sheard's grave alongside his colleagues at Bomana War Cemetery Port Moresby Papua New Guinea.
Victor Ross DUNCAN, BEM. Taken in 1967 when he was a teacher at Heathcote High School in Sydney's south
Aidan Jordan's Headstone in Harrogate cemetery
OL-M moments before touching down
Common Grave 294 - Lancaster ME -755 'AR-Z'

Common Grave 294 - Lancaster ME -755 'AR-Z'
David receiving his Star of Gallantry from the GGovernor Gennnner Sir William Slim
A No. 127 Squadron MkXVI Spitfire undergoing pre-flight servicing at a forward airfield in Belgium
A map of the area of operations of UNMOGIP which has of course varied over time. Redacted from the UN website.
The centre plinth of the Kangaroo Valley Memorial commemorating men killed in WW1. Either side are memorial stones with the names of returned men listed.
Arthur Harris: School cadets, Burra School, South Australia, 1907/8. Arthur Harris is seated second from right in the middle row. Service in school cadets was widespread in the colonies around the turn of the Century, and was a key component of the organisation of the Defence Force post Federation, following a review by Field Marshal Kitchener. They are armed with Martini-Henry .310 calibre 'Cadet' rifles. 2nd row snd from left is Esson Rule, an Anzac veteran where he was a Sergeant at just 20 yo later LT and killed in action at Noreuil 3 April 1917. Photo: Harris family records

Arthur Harris: School cadets, Burra School, South Australia, 1907/8. Arthur Harris is seated second from right in the middle row. Service in school cadets was widespread in the colonies around the turn of the Century, and was a key component of the organisation of the Defence Force post Federation, following a review by Field Marshal Kitchener. They are armed with Martini-Henry .310 calibre 'Cadet' rifles. Photo: Harris family records
Lieutenant Eric Wilkes Talbot SMITH shortly before embarkation with the 10th Infantry Battalion October 1914
SMS Emden under steam

SMS EMden under steam
Informal group portrait of RAF ground staff with RAAF and Royal New Zealand Air Force air crew of a Mitchell bomber squadron, 180 Squadron RAF with the Second Tactical Air Force. Left to right: two RAF ground crew, Jock (Fitter) and Alf (Rigger); 422248 Flying Officer (FO) Jack B O'Halloran, pilot of Sydney, NSW, (later Flight Lieutenant and DFC); 417379 Pilot Officer James Crosby (Jim) Jennison (later Flying Officer and DFC) of Adelaide, SA; 422175 FO Reg J Hansen of Sydney, NSW; FO Harry M Hawthorn, RNZAF of Hastings, NZ. The aircraft was lettered D and the pilot named it 'Daily Delivery' and the nose art illustration portrays a stork carrying a large bomb. Location RAF Dunsfold, Surrey UK

Informal group portrait of RAF ground staff with RAAF and Royal New Zealand Air Force air crew of a Mitchell bomber squadron, 180 Squadron RAF with the Second Tactical Air Force. Left to right: two RAF ground crew, Jock (Fitter) and Alf (Rigger); 422248 Flying Officer (FO) Jack B O'Halloran, pilot of Sydney, NSW, (later Flight Lieutenant and DFC); 417379 Pilot Officer James Crosby (Jim) Jennison (later Flying Officer and DFC) of Adelaide, SA; 422175 FO Reg J Hansen of Sydney, NSW; FO Harry M Hawthorn, RNZAF of Hastings, NZ. The aircraft was lettered D and the pilot named it 'Daily Delivery' and the nose art illustration portrays a stork carrying a large bomb. Location RAF Dunsford Surrey UK
Raf Station, Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1943-09. Group portrait of members of a crew of No. 461 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF of Coastal Command. The captain, 400656 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) D. Marrows of Parkdale, Vic, was awarded the DSO and DFC. Back row, left to right: 14455 Sergeant (Sgt) A. N. Pearce of Seven Hills, NSW; Flt Lt D. Marrows; 402805 Flying Officer (FO) I. V. R. Peatty of Granville, NSW. Centre row; 402617 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) D. C. Sidney of Coogee, NSW; 425619 Pilot Officer (PO) W. G. Done of Kingaroy, Qld; 401976 PO P. C. Leigh of Surrey Hills E.10, Vic; 403592 FO P. T. Jensen of Gladesville, NSW; 20745 Flt Sgt E. H. Pollock of Tamworth, NSW (taking the place of 10530 Acting Sgt F. Bamber who was in hospital when picture was taken). Front row: 410797 Flt Sgt R. L. Webster of St Kilda, Vic; Sgt J. T. Eshelby, RAF; 417621 Sgt P. R. Criddle of Kingston SE, SA.
Wing Commander W.G. Leer of the R.A.A.F. poses in front of his caricature, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, August 1, 1943. (Lockheed Hudson).
Noemfoor Island, Dutch New Guinea. Bombs for distribution over Japanese occupied territory in the South-West Pacific being brought up on the low trailers to load onto the bomb racks of aircraft of No. 80 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF at a forward operational base on Kamiri Airstrip.
Warwick C Mark III, HG227, of No. 525 Squadron RAF, on the ground at Lyneham,Wiltshire.
The crew of a Martin Baltimore of No. 69 Squadron RAF, disembark from their aircraft at Luqa, Malta, following a reconnaissance sortie.
The Three Rivers Fountains is of heritage significance because it demonstrates a high degree of creative, aesthetic and technical accomplishment, and because it was produced as a major work by a South Australian sculptor (John Dowie) of national standing at the height of his creative powers.
FSGT later Flying Officer) Peter ILBERY (L)
Boer War Medal with three clasps, British War Medal and Victory Medal (WW1)
Tom Geerckens served on he HQ of the 21st Infantry Brigade
Oscar Baumans Medal Set: 1914/15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal

Oscar Baumann's medals: 194/15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal
Trooper Jack REAY, 2nd/10th Commando Company, carrying a Bren Gun in the Torrecelli Mountains, New Guinea
RAAF aircrew of Mitchell No. 226 Squadron RAF, walking through one of the many ornamental gates of their Mess in an old 15th century Chateau. Left to right: 429700 Flying Officer (FO) R. A. Kelly, of Melbourne, Vic; 423832 FO J. W. C. Murray, of Sydney, NSW; 425915 FO D. C. Bailey, of Newcastle, NSW; 432288 FO J. N. Thompson, of Sydney, NSW.
F?O Tanner's crew of JO-T on completion of their OTU course before they were joined by their FLight Engineer relating to the story "The power of understatement - and a wonderful airframe" - and not a small amount of airmanship

F?O Tanner's crew of JO-T on completion of their OTU course before they were joined by their FLight Engineer relating to the story "The power of understatement - and a wonderful airframe" - and not a small amount of airmanship
A 38 Squadron Wellington being 'bombed up' with two torpedoes on Malta.
L-R Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, 1939-45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, Defence Medal, British War Medal 1939-45, Australian Service Medal 1939-45
Unveiling on ANZAC Day, April 25th 1922.
Private Percy Beauchamp, from an image in the Mallala Musuem
US Air Medal
Leslie Thompson's 'Dead Man's Penny. It's not often we see an image of the real one.
A very proud David Turnbull with his Scout Star of Gallantry for his actions on 6 February 1958
HMAS Vendetta (II) moored in Sydney Harbour with the famed Bridge and Opera House in the background
HMAS Vendetta launch 1954

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