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The restored Tarlee memorial after it was rebuilt following the destruction of the original when a motor vehicle left the road on the curve in front of the Memorial. It was reconstructed using the VWMA home page as a reference to replicate the names recorded thereon demonstrating that 'Virtual' can become reality.
Photograph taken on 25 Apr 2022 - based on the one of 1922. Mrs Margaret Bennett and Mrs Yvonne Trout, who did the unveiling of the flag draped on the Cenotaph, are standing on the right side of the memorial.
Australian soldiers of B Company, 2/27th Battalion, AIF, resting during a route march in sandhills close to the city.
QX45026 Thomas Clyde Davis served 1942-1946
Tom's wife Gladys (nee Smith) on their wedding day
Sydney transiting the Strait of Tiran at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba.
Sydney transiting the Strait of Tiran at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba.
When the Boarding Party from HMAS Sydney reached the beached Emden, to recover the dead and wounded, they also recovered the Captain's safe, containing the ships imprest of funds for procuring fuel rations and so on . 6,429 Mexican Silver 8 Reales were found. One thousand of those coins were given to William Kerr jewellers, with the company commissioned to produce the Sydney-Emden Medal. Adorning each Mexican silver dollar with the King’s Crown in unison with superb scrolls, the jewellers created one of the most memorable decorations in military history.
HMAS Sydney in her home port, 1985
Lyall Klaffer and his US Air Force Navigator after returning from a mission over Hanoi in his beloved F4 Phantom
Lyall Klaffer and his US Air Force Navigator after returning from a mission over Hanoi in his beloved F4 Phantom
Portrait of Flying Officer (FO) Lyall Klaffer of Adelaide, SA, who has been recalled from 78 Fighter Wing RAAF in Malta to become aide-de-camp (ADC) to Australia's new Governor General, Field Marshal Sir William Joseph Slim (in office 8 May 1953-2 February 1960). FO Klaffer won an American DFC while flying with 77 Squadron RAAF in Korea. He is shown with his favourite Vampire jet fighter shortly before returning to Australia. The Wing is in Malta for garrison duty.
World War One Roll of Honour
World War Two Roll of Honour
Informal outdoor portrait of Sapper (Spr) Darren "Smithy" Smith and Spr Jacob "Snowy" Moerland, 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment with the Explosive Detection Dog (EDD) Herbie. Sappers Smith and Moerland, along with Herbie, were killed by an IED on 7 June 2010. Taken - Afghanistan: Uruzgan Province, Patrol Base Wali
Golden Grove Campus
Portrait Image of Norm Ginn for the Australian War Memorial honouring Second World War Veterans Project.
Norm Ginn as a trainee airmen in 1942.
Norm Ginn alongside RAAF Officers at the 2021 Remembrance Day Service at West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide
Norm Ginn (3rd from left) and his 460SQN Lancaster crew alongside their 460 SQN Lancaster P for Peter. The crew are FTSGT S. T. Mason (RAF), PLTOFF F. Howe-Browne (South Africa), FSGT N. Ginn (South Australia), FLGOFF T. Alford (NSW), FSGT A. Daley (Western Australia), FSGT L. Leask (New South Wales), SGT H. Folland (RAF). Alford and Howe-Brown perished when their Lancaster AR-J was shot down on the evening of 2 Dec 1943.(AWM)
Nui Dat, South Vietnam, 1966-12-05. The first Caribou aircraft from No. 35 Squadron RAAF touching down on the newly opened Luscombe Field airstrip at the Australian Task Force Base at Nui Dat. The airstrip was built by 1 Field Squadron Royal Australian Engineers and was named after Temporary Captain Bryan Luscombe, the first Australian Army pilot to die on operational duty, who was killed in Korea.
Ian Christopher LAWRENCE
P40 Tomahawk flown by John Waddy in 1941
P40 Tomahawk flown by John Waddy in 1941
Mark Freeman
John Waddy stepping into the cockpit of his P40
Squadron Leader Wilbur Wackett, son of Australian aviation pioneer Sir Lawrence Wackett and his wife Letitia. Married to Peggy Wackett of Bellevue Hill Sydney.
Ray Pepper proudly wearing his service medals in later life
2859 John Richard BOUNDEY 3rd Light Horse Regiment
The Honour Rolls within the National War Memorial Adelaide - corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue

The Honour Rolls within the National War Memorial Adelaide
Ray Pepper
B25 Mitchell medium bombers of No. 226 Squadron
Bryan Martin McDonough
4241 Alfred Roy CRIDDLE, 32nd Battalion and 5th Division Signal Company
Memorial Plaque to the Wuttke brothers Sir Donald Bradman Drive
David Brian's funeral, Terendak Military Cemetery
Pilot Officer Alexander Lewis Hamilton
Squadron Leader Ron Lees DFC
Bob Cowper DFC* memorial plaque Clifford St / Sir Donald Bradman Drive
Ross Stanford's plaque West Torrens Boulevard of Honour
Peter Masters in 2004
Lieutenant David J. Brian, 3 RAR, KIA 5 Jan 64 Thai / Malaysia border
Members of A Company 1st Australian Parachute Battalion, one a training flight in 1944
Sergeant (later ) Desmond Fopp, Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot
Battle of Britain London Monument - http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/CrookVWJ.htm
Flight Lieutenant Stuart Crosby WALCH, RAF
2nd/43rd Battalion Guard.- Mario 2nd from right
Mario Giovine and colleague

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