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Harold Colgan served in the Army from 1940-1943, when he died as a PoW of the Japanese working on the Buma Railway
James Andrews was an original enlistment in the 2nd AIF in 1939, as betrayed by his 3 digit service number and served throughout the war in the 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion in the UK, Middle East New Guinea and Borneo
Members of No. 467 Squadron, RAAF, meet the Duke of Gloucester during his visit to RAF Station Waddington, Lincolnshire, England.
Jack Williamson RAAF 1943-1946
Douglas Whitman served in the Navy from 1940 until 1947
Corporal T/Sgt Reginald Ferguson WARK 10th Infantry battalion
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Studio portrait of Arthur John Lammey

Studio portrait of Arthur John Lammey
Edward Welden Army, 2nd/23rd Field Park Company (Engineers) 1939-46
Les White served with the RAAF from 1943 (after initial service in the Militia) to 1946
Phil Winton 2nd/3rd Field Company Engineers 1939-45
The Agery WW2 Memorial
Ronald Provis Army 1939-45
Fred Richardson served in the RAN between 1945 (enlisted aged 18) and 1946
Thomas Watkins served in the RAAF from 1940-42
Thomas Watkins served in the RAAF from 1940 until he was killed in action over Germany in 1942
Claude Sowton served as ground crew in the RAAF from 1940-1945
Ivor Tuckey was initially drafted into the Militia then transferred into the 2nd AIF where he served as a Craftsman (tradesman)in a variety of Workshops units finishing in 1945 with 2nd/137 Brigade Workshops
Charles Pomeroy served in the Army's Electrical & Mechanical Engineers ina number of Workshops units, his last being the 2nd/7th Advanced Workshops
Roy Thredgold served throughout the war with the 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion serving in the Middle East New Guinea and Borneo
Tom Butterfield served in the RAAF from 1940 until 1945
The Krupp Cannon languished in the open for many years visibly deteriorating at an accelerating rate. Its restoration was undertaken in 2006 by local firm Catford Engineering, and a protective shelter and interpretive display constructed to preserve this important artefact for years to come.
The Jamestown Krupp Cannon. This gun as one of many war trophies distributed to towns all around Australia after WW1. Many were displayed in the open in parks and the like, where they suffered the ravages of time and weather over the ensuing decades. The community in Jamestown in SA's mid north, had theirs restored and housed in a protective shelter and the is the result. Jamestown has a very proud history of involvement of its men particularly in the Light Horse before and after WW1.
The USS Peary, a Clemson Class destroyer of the US Navy, commissioned in 1920. It was sunk in Darwin harbour on 19 Feb 1942.
A Daichi 'Val' Dive Bomber. An approximate equivalent of the Junkers 87 Stuka made infamous in the 1940 Blitzkrieg, the Val enjoyed early success in the Pacific war until they encountered modern fighter aircraft.
A Japanese Mitsubishi G3M 'Nell' Medium level, land-based twin-engine bomber and torpedo bomber used by the Japanese Naval Air Service in WW2. Nells took part in many of the raid in the early phases of the Pacific War including the sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse, the battle for Singapore and the bombing of Darwin. However they were poorly armoured and carried little defensive armament and quickly became increasingly vulnerable to higher performance Allied aircraft and anti aircraft defences.
Allendale North

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