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NORFOLK, ENGLAND. C. 1944-07. BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 455 SQUADRON RAAF WITH COASTAL COMMAND, AT RAF STATION LANGHAM, READY FOR OPERATIONS AGAINST ENEMY CONVOYS. AWM UK1458

SX15214, S10005 Gordon NUM

(L to R) Bede Francis Dowd and Robert Burley) at the end of the war. Bede lost an arm after being pinned under his horse and presumed dead in or near Egypt for some time. The photo must have been taken at the end of the war as in this photo he is missing an arm.

3619 Private Edwin Allen

3029 PTE Edwin Charles DAVIS of the 26th Infantry Battalion

Forest-sur-Marque communal cemetery near Lille, France

Men of an Anti Tank Company at Tobruk; The 2nd/3rd Anti Tank Regiment and the 24th and 26th Anti Tanl Companis served at Tobruk.

PORTRAIT OF 8028 DRIVER R.B. COCHRANE, 6TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE, KILLED IN ACTION 1916-08-03.

1613 Richard William KIRBY 3rd Light Horse Regiment / 1st LH Machine Gun Squadron

3190 Private Kenneth Morton KNOX 50th Battalion

John Leslie HOPPING of Caltowie

1774 Joseph Alfred Irwin

William Wilson Smith

Bristol BeaufighterTF Mk X of No 455 Squadron RAAF line up on the runway at Dallachy, Scotland

455 Squadron lined up for invasion support operations flying from Langham, Norfolk.

William Wilson Smith and family

William Smith's trench art

William Smith's trench art

William Smith's trench art

A Lockheed Hudson in the colours of 6 Squadron, similar in configuration to those operated by No. 2 Squadron in the early part of the Pacific War. This aircraft belongs to the Temora Aviation Museum in NSW.

Standing: Pte J R Holland, Pte G Rehn, Pte D P Howard. Seated: Pte R A Howard, Pte P W Brown, Pte V V Woolard

845, Jack Reginald KENYON, of Prospect SA

12228 Harold Lancelot KENYON

The best tunnelling conditions were in the great chalk seams running across northern France. Excavation generally had to be conducted with great care to conceal t he diggings and where in the proximity of enemy miners, to prevent detection by listening devices. Men of the 3rd Australian Company excavating a chamber in the chalk in the Hulluch subway system. The chalk was dug out with miners' picks and filled into bags. These bags were trucked along the gallery to suitable positions, hauled to the surface and emptied at night. In places where the chalk crumbled, the walls had to be revetted, as is seen on the left. Identified left to right: Captain R. J. Langton MC, Officer Commanding, No. 1 Section (holding bag); 1194 Sapper (Spr) D. C. Vecchia; 6772 Spr C. A. L. Robinson, all members of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company.

Studio portrait of a Halifax bomber crew of 158 Squadron RAF. Identified left to right, standing: Sergeant L J Craven, flight engineer, of Harrogate, Yorks; 423908 Flying Officer (FO) Anthony Shanahan, bomb aimer, of Mascot NSW; 428765 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) James Arthur Nicholson, rear gunner, aged 22 of Ainslie ACT. Identified left to right, sitting: 420999 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Leonard Gower Paxman, wireless operator, aged 26 of Naremburn NSW; 414312 Warrant Officer (WO) Eric Ronald Fergus MacLeod, pilot, aged 27 of Townsville Qld; 422625 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Ernest Roy Moore, navigator, aged 22 of Braddon ACT; 428902 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Douglas Fitzgerald Bickford, mid-gunner, aged 22, of Gordon NSW. They were crewing LW724, radio call sign NP-S, during the air attack on Nuremberg on the night of 30 March 1944. Their plane was shot down by a German aircraft and crashed near Herborn-Seelbach. FO Shanahan bailed out and was taken prisoner of war in Germany. The rest of the crew were killed.

A Halifax of 158 Squadron with its aircrew astride the fuselage and wings

A 214 Squadron B-17 F Flying Fortress and its crew, after the Squadron was re-equipped and re-assigned to 100 Group flying in a bomber support role as airborne electronic warfare aircraft; an extremely hazardous task because the devices they used were 'active' and emitted radio frequency signals that would be located by the enemy.

The grave of Lieutenant Colonel Alan Leane, CO of the 28th Battalion

An unusual feature of the Dernancourt cemetery. The marker of a grave of what appears to be a young Englishwoman. What was the story behind her death in occupied France in WW2?

Service graves in the Communal Cemetery section

5110 PTE John HIRD

5111 Pte Thomas HIRD

Group portrait of 9 Platoon, A Company, 2/14th Infantry Battalion on the Kokoda Trail. Identified, left to right, back row: L A Bear; VX15468 Warrant Acting Officer Class 2 John Alexander Lochhead of Mildura, Vic, (killed in action on 29 November 1942 in New Guinea); K T McWilliam; W C Dixon; VX23389 Private (Pte) D H Smith (presumed dead on 20 August 1942 in Papua); VX23597 Corporal (Cpl) L D Deeley MM (was awarded the Military Medal on 12 February 1942, presumed dead on 30 August 1942; VX38131 Pte D W Smith, (presumed dead on 30 August 1942 in Papua); C G Moffatt; M M Turnbull; W C Ferguson. Centre: W R D Smith; G E Urquhart; E P Silver; W C Parfrey; J S Thomas; A A Villinger; VX62637 Pte John Anthony Whellans of St Kilda, Vic, (killed in action on 30 August 1942 in Papua); D A Thompson; D J O'Connor. Front: C E Clifford; L A Delaporte; E L Hughes; VX32903 Lieutenant William Prescott Cox, (killed in action on 29 August 1942 in Papua); F J Parsons; B G Wilson; VX18629 Pte Harry Saunders, of Allansford, Vic, (killed in action on 29 November 1942 in Papua); VX19139 Pte Bruce Steel Kingsbury, of Armadale, Vic, (killed in action on 29 August 1942 in Papua for which he was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross (VC) on 9 Feb 1943); E J Jobe; A R Avery.

MILLETT, Reginald Wellington

PTE S.G. Stafford 2nd Battalion KIA at Lone Pine

The family grave of the Carman family; Their three sons Clement Roland and David were all lost in fighting during WW1 in 1916,1917 and 1918. The family tomb bears the three "Dead Men's Pennies" - bronze plaques awarded to the families of the Fallen. They were intended for use in just this way - as memorials to family sacrifice .

A Sunderland aircraft of No. 10 Squadron RAAF P Peter takes off after effecting a successful rescue of the three survivors of the crew of a crippled Wellington aircraft B of No 172 Squadron RAF which shot down by a German submarine the previous night. The rescuing aircraft was piloted by Flight Lieutenant W. B. Tilley DFC of Melbourne, Vic.

Pembroke Dock, Wales. C. 1942. Crew of aircraft "A for Apple" of No. 461 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at an RAF Station. Back row, left to right: 405083 Sergeant (Sgt) A. Miller; 401562 Sgt R. Hattam; 411426 Pilot Officer H. I. Dent; 403129 Flight Lieutenant B. Buls; 5942 Sgt A. J. Taylor; 405206 Sgt E. B. Gallagher; 6241 Sgt R. Tucker. Front row: Four members of the RAF.

Plymouth, England. C. 1943. Portrait of Flight Lieutenant R. W. Marks of Norwood, SA, a Sunderland aircraft captain of No. 10 Squadron RAAF at RAF Station Mount Batten.

BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. A LIFEBOAT FROM FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE', TRANSFERRING FROM SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON, RAAF, SIXTEEN SURVIVORS OF TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT WHICH CRASHED INTO THE SEA. THE SUNDERLAND SUFFERED HULL DAMAGE DURING ITS SUBSEQUENT TAKEOFF CAUSING THE CAPTAIN, 400841 PILOT OFFICER G.V. SINGLETON, TO DECIDE TO LAND ON ANGLE AIRFIELD RATHER THAN ALIGHT ON WATER AT HIS HOME BASE. LITTLE FURTHER DAMAGE RESULTED FROM THE LANDING.

PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. 1943-01-29. PORTRAIT OF 477 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. W. MARKS, FLIGHT COMMANDER, NO. 10 (SUNDERLAND) SQUADRON RAAF AT RAF STATION MOUNT BATTEN.

HMAS Bataan, a destroyer, off the Korean Peninsula. The destroyer is seen here engaged in receiving a jackstay transfer from the Royal Navy carrier HMS OCEAN. It is sufficiently clear to show the late Commander Warwick Gracegirdle, RAN - BATAAN 's Korean War CO - on the bridge. This photo is taken off Korea, and the destroyer in the background is HMS CONSORT. Photo: Photographer unknown, the image was published in 1986 for the RAN's 75th Anniversary celebrations. The image is held in the Naval Historical Collection, Australian War Memorial, image ID 300378, listed copyright expired, public domain. It has also been posted on an InvisionFree ship modeller's blog. These are the AWM's descriptive notes that accompany the image: KOREA. ELEVATED PORT SIDE VIEW SHOWING DETAIL OF THE FORWARD PART OF THE DESTROYER HMAS BATAAN (EX-HMAS KURNAI) (D191) AS SHE RECEIVES PERSONNEL BY HIGHLINE FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS OCEAN. NOTE FORWARD TWIN 4.7 INCH MK XII GUNS IN CP XIX MOUNTINGS, WITH THE BREECHES OF B MOUNTING PROMINENT AND THE 40 MM BOFORS AA GUN IN THE PORT BRIDGE WING. BEHIND THE BRIDGE ARE THE DIRECTOR CONTROL TOWER AND RANGEFINDER TOWER MK II WITH A TYPE 285 FIRE CONTROL RADAR MOUNTED UPON THE LATTER. NOTE ROPE STOWAGE IN THE BLAST SCREEN FORWARD OF B MOUNTING AND CARLEY FLOATS BY THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE WITH PADDLES NEATLY ARRAYED. THE SCREENING DESTROYER IN THE BACKGROUND IS HMS CONSORT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

HMAS Bataan, a destroyer, off the Korean Peninsula. The destroyer is seen here engaged in receiving a jackstay transfer from the Royal Navy carrier HMS OCEAN. It is sufficiently clear to show the late Commander Warwick Gracegirdle, RAN - BATAAN 's Korean War CO - on the bridge. This photo is taken off Korea, and the destroyer in the background is HMS CONSORT. Photo: Photographer unknown, the image was published in 1986 for the RAN's 75th Anniversary celebrations. The image is held in the Naval Historical Collection, Australian War Memorial, image ID 300378, listed copyright expired, public domain. It has also been posted on an InvisionFree ship modeller's blog. These are the AWM's descriptive notes that accompany the image: KOREA. ELEVATED PORT SIDE VIEW SHOWING DETAIL OF THE FORWARD PART OF THE DESTROYER HMAS BATAAN (EX-HMAS KURNAI) (D191) AS SHE RECEIVES PERSONNEL BY HIGHLINE FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS OCEAN. NOTE FORWARD TWIN 4.7 INCH MK XII GUNS IN CP XIX MOUNTINGS, WITH THE BREECHES OF B MOUNTING PROMINENT AND THE 40 MM BOFORS AA GUN IN THE PORT BRIDGE WING. BEHIND THE BRIDGE ARE THE DIRECTOR CONTROL TOWER AND RANGEFINDER TOWER MK II WITH A TYPE 285 FIRE CONTROL RADAR MOUNTED UPON THE LATTER. NOTE ROPE STOWAGE IN THE BLAST SCREEN FORWARD OF B MOUNTING AND CARLEY FLOATS BY THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE WITH PADDLES NEATLY ARRAYED. THE SCREENING DESTROYER IN THE BACKGROUND IS HMS CONSORT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

A Martin Mariner of 40 Squadron. Like the Sunderland it was a pure flying boat with no amphibian version, a feature which extended the life of the Catalina design beyond its contemporaries.

William Gough's medal set: L-R Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914/15 Star, British War medal , Victory Medal