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2018_Diana_Hunt_Sister_Anne_Donnell.pdf

2018_Ella_Frampton_Sister_Anne_Donnell.pdf

2018_Holly_Wallman_Ethel_Sarah_Davidson.pdf

2018_Jenny_Tran_Raymond_Charles_Runga.pdf

2018_Kelly_Parkin_Lloyd_Leonard_Mahoney.pdf

2018_Koby_Poulton__Horace_Alfred_Cadd.pdf

2018_Lajpreeet_Thind_Charles_Andrew_Horne.pdf

2018_Lila_Weidenback_Docking_Brothers.pdf

2018_Lucy_Smith_Raymond_Charles_Runga.pdf

2018_Neva_Van_Raalte_William_Charles_Westbury.pdf

2018_Oliver_Thomas_William_Victor_Richardson.pdf

A Boulton-Paul Defiant of 153 Squadron in daylight colour scheme clearly showing the aircraft's most distinctive feature - the four gun turret. While initially conferring a tactical advantage, its weight later proved an insurmountable handicap. Image http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/37/Mk1_Defiant.jpg

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/curr-francis-lawrence-9882

Troops preparing to board trains outside Mitcham Camp, 1915.

Lt Col Dollman before the crowd gathered to farewell 27 Bn at Outer Harbour, 31 May 1915.

Eric Abraham, Howard Pope, Charlie Mance Ted Smout at the internment of PTE Russell Bosisto, Courcelette Cemetery

The Honour Rolls within the National War Memorial Adelaide

Commemoration at VC Corner Cemetery. A guard of 10/27 RSAR July 1998 coincident with the opening of the Memorial Park at Fromelles.. Image Steve Larkins private collection

This Google Earth map Image has key points on the Fromelles Battlefield marked in relation to contemporary land marks.

SA Premiers ANZAC Spirit Prize group visited Toronto Avenue on 19th April 2013. Toronto Avenue cemetery can only be reached via a walking track from the vicinity of Prowse Point cemetery,past Mud Lane cemetery and through Ploegsteert Wood.

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1303562

Thomas Davidson - who went by [and enjoyed] the nick-name "Jonk" - returned to Campbell Town in 1919. He then wed Alice Lockett and together they produced 11 children who all grew strong and healthy. The first four children born were Sylvia, Laurence Olive (Ollie) and Thomas [who went by his second name of Rex]. His nick name even featured in his will- issued in June 1975 - in which he bequeathed his estate to his children. I was given a copy of this will by my father - the above mentioned Laurence [Laurie] Davidson. My earliest memory of my grandfather goes back to 1951 when I was 3 years old. Over the next decade I spent several weeks of school holidays with my grand parents and attended several birthday / wedding type celebrations. Everybody called him "Jonk". His wife, their children, their spouses, the neighbours, members of the Campbell Town rifle club, the footy club and the patrons at the pub in High St. Campbell Town. The use of the nickname "Jonk" was so prevalent that I [and I assume many others] thought that it was his actual name! It seems to be a family tradition to bestow the name of Thomas on a son and then ban the use of it except for official documents. His second son never used the name Thomas - he always went by Rex. My older brother was named Thomas Anthony and has always been known as Tony. So entrenched was the use of the nick-name "Jonk" to identify my grandfather it was used in an obituary for one of his sons who died in April 2019 - some 30 years after Jonk died. In my 71 years I have never heard of any body else called 'Jonk'. At a recent funeral I was told that the nick-name originated with a chap who either had a speech impairment [or mental impairment issues]. Rather than correct the man [perhaps they tried] the nick-name Jonk was embraced by all and sundry - including Jonk! Terry Davidson May 2019

Guide_to_Remembrance_Day.pdf

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=1246791&c=VIETNAM

https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=137281&c=WW2