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Enlisting in the RAAF in June 1942, Flt Sgt Allan BOCK trained as a Navigator under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Canada and England, and was posted to 625 Squadron RAF operating Lancaster bombers. On the night of 12/13 August 1944, Flt Sgt BOCK's Lancaster, serial number ME733, radio call sign CF-Z, was shot down and crashed at Hollenstein, Germany after an operational sortie over Brunswick. He was killed alongside six other crew members, aged 22.

Group portrait of the crew of Lancaster ME733, radio call sign CF-Z, 625 Squadron, RAF. Identified are: (back row, from left) 1868639 Sergeant (Sgt) Samuel John Spooner (Flight Engineer), RAF, of Kettering, Northamptonshire; 1389429 Sgt William Edward Lynch (Bombardier), RAF, of Leonards-on-Leigh, Sussex; 423214 Sgt Rric A;lan Bock (Navigator) RAAF, of Newcastle, NSW; 43025 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Noel Wilkinson Gadsden (Aerial Gunner), RAAF, of Kew, Vic; front row from lrft to right, 411099 Flt Sgt Malcolm Douglas Moffat, RAAF of Armidale, NSW; Warrant Officer (WO) Francis McLeod Percy of West Maitland, NSW (Pilot) RAAF and 1119630 Sgt Frederick Howard (Wireless/Aerial Gunner), RAF. Lancaster ME733 crashed at Hollenstein, Germany whilst returning from a raid over Brunswick on the night of 12/13 August 1944, killing all crew members.

Studio portrait of 411099 Aircraftman, later Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Allan Douglas Moffatt of Armidale, NSW. Enlisting in the RAAF in March 1941, Flt Sgt Moffat trained as an Aerial Gunner as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Canada and England, and was posted to 625 Squadron RAF flying Lancaster bombers. On the night of 12/13 August 1944, Flt Sgt Moffatt's Lancaster, serial number ME733, radio call sign CF-Z, was shot down and crashed at Hollenstein, Germany after an operational sortie over Brunswick. He was killed alongside six other crew members, aged 24.

A posed photo showing 3 Squadron pilots scrambling to their aircraft (apparently having been sitting in the dust awaiting the command to 'go').

North Africa Western Desert - A Tomahawk aircraft of No. 3 Squadron RAAF being re-armed before another sortie. Image made by George Silk

The 625 Squadron Memorial at the site of the former RAF Kelstern. The stone memorial stands 3ft 6ins high and is made from cornish granite and comemorates the members of 625 squadron. The memorial is set in a paved and gravel area, surrounded by blue railings and backed by a setting of conifer trees.

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1763 Trooper Joseph Wren

1763 Tpr Joseph Wren Rear side of photo

NX30482 Gunner Henry "Dick" Hulin, 2nd / 4th Field Regiment 2nd AIF

NX30NR Henry HULIN 2nd / 4th Field Regiment

657 St Elmo Rupert CORBETT - Prior to departure HMAT Hororata

Photo of John Messiter taken at enlistment, aged 18

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

Private Roy Absolom

TX11229 Private Roy Absolom

Private Roy Absolom

James Liddell with his son, James Stanley Liddell NX8279. Probably taken in 1941.

Richard and his sister Fran

BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET, ENGLAND. OCTOBER 1941. 404790 PILOT OFFICER CHARLES ANTONY (TONY) HARLAND (QUEENSLAND) ON LEFT AND PILOT OFFICER 402913 HENRY (HARRY) ROLAND TRAIN. HARLAND WAS LATER KILLED IN A RAID ON ESSEN, GERMANY, ON 11 APRIL 1942.

AWM caption : FOULSHAM, ENGLAND. 1945. 'JANE' (NO. MZ913), A HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX B MARK III AIRCRAFT 'N' OF NO. 462 SQUADRON RAAF. THE BOMBER FLEW OVER 100 TRIPS AND WAS USED IN THE FIRST OPERATIONS OF THE SQUADRON. IT WAS FINALLY CONSIGNED TO THE WRECKERS IN CARDIFF, WALES ON 1945-05-04. NO 462 SQUADRON HALIFAX AIRCRAFT HAD VERTICAL YELLOW STRIPES ON THEIR TAIL FINS FOR IN FLIGHT IDENTIFICATION.

Distinguished Flying Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Australian War Medal 1939-45

Morphettville Camp in 1915 (i.e. after Cowper passed through).

Charles Darwin GREGG's headstone - AIF Cemetery West Terrace Adelaide

Troops of the 7th DIvisions landing at Balikpapan Operation Oboe

Outdoor portrait of 2600 Corporal George Smith Holliday, C Company, 35th Battalion, at the memorial erected near Ash Crater to members of the 35th Battalion who fell in the battle of Messines on 7 June 1917. A memorial similar to this one, less the names, was erected by the Battalion Pioneers near Gooseberry Farm, just west of Messines, in June 1917, but was destroyed by enemy shellfire. Listed on the memorial are: Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Henry Denton-Clark; Lt Burton Elliott Chapman; Lt Robert Donaldson Perrau; 359 Pte Randolph Adamson; 2043 Pte Paul Stanislaus Baxter; 2531 Pte Horace Brenton; 726 Pte George Leslie Bullock; 1883 Pte Henry Gilbert Burke; 2032 Pte Edward John Bellchambers; 2534 Pte John Albert Barker; 1090 Pte Frederick Charles Cantelo; 1105 Pte Robert Convery; 42 Pte Albert Henry Cooper; 2047 Pte Roy Collins; 1792 Pte Patrick Cusack; 2293 Pte Frederick John Carter; 1111 Pte Samuel Jackson Dale; 2304 Pte William James Davis; 1481 Pte Evan Archibald Davies; 421 Pte Walter John Edmonds; 2066 Pte Wentworth Lincoln East; 1945A Pte Arthur Floate; 772 Pte Fredrick Fredrickson; 1132 Pte James Gray; 1835A Pte Cyril James Glenn; 93 Pte Clarence Claude Hobden; 797 Pte Alexander Richard Hincks; 1486 Pte Cecil William Hincks; 2079 Pte Edmund Reid Hellyer; 130 Pte David Johnstone;1820 Pte Stanley Beaumont Justelius; 131 Pte Thomas Kane; 1489 Pte Edwin Kinsmore; 2342 Pte Alfred Thomas King; 2176 Pte James William Lowe; 495 Corporal Alfred Moore; 2430 Pte Leslie Moxey; 1838 Arthur Archibald McCook; 504 Pte George McLean; 2635 Pte Alexander McFarlane; 1910 Pte Gilbert Albert Arthur Norris; 2376 Pte Patrick Thomas Pickard; 877 Pte Harry Kelvin Parker; 879 Pte Joseph Peacock; 199 Pte Thomas Read; 1850 Pte Stephen Ryan; 891 Pte George Robertson; 192 Pte Samuel Reid; 1977 Pte Patrick Ryan; 1697 Pte William Symington; 202 Pte Frederick Harold Charles Smith; 2654 Pte Sidney Solman; 564 Pte Harry Shears; 2403 Pte George Grainger Stevenson; 2016 Pte Oswald David Westrup;2899 Pte Robert Charles Clyde Worland; 1270 Pte Mark Elms Waters; 585 Pte William John Williams; 2666 Pte Julian Schaffer Weber; 396 Pte Reginald Thomas Cowley; 1863 Pte Clarence Wiseman; 2368 Pte Orlando Thomas Lockyer O'Brien; 386 Pte John Alexander Campbell; 2645 Pte William Alexander Nichol; 398 Pte James Joseph Colgate; 2621 Pte James Lee; and 1898A Pte James Aaron Dodd.

His medals — including the Military Medal awarded for Alfred's heroism on day one of the Third Battle of Ypres — have passed down the generations to Alan Bishop, 58, of Morphett Vale. Alan has the medals of all three Bishop brothers; the family tradition is for them to go to the youngest son of the youngest son. Alan’s grandfather, Victor, the youngest of the four Bishop brothers, was too young to go to World War I. The medals went to him when Lloyd died in 1951, apparently at Lloyd’s request. When Alan dies the medals will go to his eight-year-old grandson, Hamish. “I was 13 when they passed down to me,” Alan told the Sunday Mail this week. “I thought ‘Gee, that’s nice’, without really understanding what it meant because I was so young. “All I know is I’m glad I wasn’t one of them. When you look at Alfred’s record, he was in and out of hospital with bronchitis and pneumonia. So they were fighting the weather as well. “They’re never forgotten. They’re always in the back of your mind.”

HIRST, Brian Elwood Johnston

Brian Elwood Johnston Hirst

This is an image of crowds watching the South Australian troops march past. The photo was taken in 1914.

This is an image of the officers of the 10th Battalion.

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.

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

This is a photo of troops from the 10th Battalion at Gallipoli. This is what it would have been like for Crowder.

This is the Australian convalescent hospital, al Hayat, Helouan, Egypt, which is where William went when he was wounded.

This is the Australian Hospital ship ‘S.S. Kyarra’, that William travelled back to Australia on. This photo was taken on the 6/12/14.

This is an image of the letter that William sent to the camp commander, begging for his discharge.

This photo is of St. Barnabas Church of England, which is where Crowder got married, in 1916.

This image is of a soldier from the 10th battalion at Mena Camp, Egypt playing with a kangaroo, which was the regimental mascot. The soldiers in the background are from the 9th and 10th Battalions, and they are looking towards the pyramids.

This picture is of the ship Ionian that Crowder travelled on to reach Lemnos. He boarded it on the 1/3/1915.

A.D. Whitehead shortly after enlistment

430696 John Ewart "Jack" Norris 460 Sqn RAAF WW2

Morphetville race course - where he trained

Bede DOWD at about the time of his enlistment

The SA Police WW1 Service Honour Roll

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

Part of a Lancaster Crew of No. 156 Squadron L-R 21442 Pilot Officer Robert Ernest INGLIS (rear gunner) KIA 2 Dec 43 411685 Flight Sergean John Neville EDMONDS (wireless operator) KIA 2 Dec 43 J22068 Flying Officer JV Scrivener RCAF subs bomb aimer subsequently PoW 31 Mar 44 409356 Warrant Officer Reginald Ronald WICKS (pilot) KIA 2 Dec 43 420351 Flight Sergeant Norman McDonald (navigator) PoW 2 Dec 43

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, 1915-04-29. THE WHARF AT ALEXANDRIA, SHOWING AMBULANCES WAITING TO TAKE FROM THE STEAMSHIP A.I. IONIAN MEN WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI 1915-04-25/26 (ANZAC DAY) (DONOR M. HAMILTON)

BRave of Warrant Officer Reginald Russell Wicks - Becklingen War Cemetery