Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Headstone of Private D S HAILES, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion WW2. This is a private grave in Salisbury Memorial Park

WW2 RAAF Aircrew Europe post D Day 1944. L-R 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star (prior to DDay the Aircrew Europe Star was issued) , Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Australian Service Medal 1939-45

WW1 medal set - Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal with MID Clasp

RAAF WW2 Europe medal set - L-R 1939-45 Star (6 months O/S service) , Aircrew Europe Star (operational service over NW Europe up to D Day 5 6 June 1944), Defence Medal (service in a defended area), British War Medal 39-45, Australian War Service Model 39-45.

RAAF Crest

An excellent side on photograph of Short Sunderland of No. 228 Squadron at low level, in an early camouflage colour scheme, while operating from Malta in 1941.

22862, Kevin Anthony GABRIEL (MID), , Unit: Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)

Private Edwin Bavister joined the 25th Battalion of the Australian Infantry on 28 December 1915 and was killed in action in France on 18 July 1918. His memorial is at the war cemetery in Villers-Bretonneux, France. He was a grocer at Dinmore and 25 years old when he died.

Portrait of Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams, KBE CB DSO, Royal Australian Air Force.

AWM Photograph P07344.002

Sergeant Brian Gordon GRASBY on completion of his aircrew training

British War Medal WW1, Victory Medal, War Medal WW2, Australian Service Medal WW2

The crew of PO-E; 1. Herb Ferguson, 2. Bill Hancock, 3. Charlie Nash, 4. Bill Felstead, 5. John Mellor, 6. Cyril DuToit, 7. Brian Grasby

Arthur Harris: School cadets, Burra School, South Australia, 1907/8. Arthur Harris is seated second from right in the middle row. Service in school cadets was widespread in the colonies around the turn of the Century, and was a key component of the organisation of the Defence Force post Federation, following a review by Field Marshal Kitchener. They are armed with Martini-Henry .310 calibre 'Cadet' rifles. Photo: Harris family records

Also Known As: "BK"; Baird Kelso ROSS Service number: 6895 Enlisted Horsham Victoria Birthdate: December 28, 1859 - He dropped his age by 15 years in order to enlist . Death:February 29, 1936 (76) Goroke, Victoria, Australia

7083 Private Robert William Thompson

Mk21 Beaufighters just after delivery to No. 93 Squadron after its formation in early 1945, at Kingaroy Queensland.

These plaques are placed at the base of elm trees lining Prescott Terrace (N) and Alexandra Ave (W) 87 of them

Burnside Memorial to the Fallen at Rose Park SA

Myrtle, John & William MacGinnes in the family home at Semaphore Park, South Australia. John left and Bill right.

5337 Frederick George Hansson. In this picture he is wearing Corporal's stripes which may date from his Militia service in the 84th Infantry enlistment into the AIF in Jan 1916

Studio portrait of 2304 Private (Pte) Albert Dunster, 39th Battalion. A farmer prior to enlisting on 29 June 1916, Pte Dunster embarked for overseas service in October 1916. He was wounded on 30 April 1917 and died later that day. Pte Dunster is buried at Trois Arbres cemetery, Steernwerck, France.

WW1 post 31 Dec 1915 embarkation. L-R Military Medal British War Medal, Victory Medal,

Two unidentified gunners sitting beside a 4.5 inch howitzer Mark I in a gun pit of the 102nd Australian Howitzer Battery in northern France. Each man is holding a shell

6408 PTE Alfred Ernest NICHOLLS

A group of nine midshipmen studying on board HMAS Australia in the presence of their instructor, Instructor Lieutenant Commander Charles Reed Franklin, RAN (standing). Midshipmen identified left to right: Midshipman Ross Valdar Wheatley, RAN; Midshipman Peter Corsar Anderson, RAN; Midshipman Francis Hoddinett Vail, RAN; Midshipman John Malet Armstrong, RAN (hidden at rear); Midshipman Robert Cameron Casey, RAN (rear); Midshipman Norman Hamon Shaw, RAN; Midshipman Joseph William Morgan, RAN; Midshipman Gilbert Tootal Broadhurst, RAN; Midshipman John Francis Rayment, RAN

Portrait of Pilot Officer (later Flight Lieutenant [Fl Lt]) 404487 Thomas John O’Donohue DFM, of 159 Squadron RAF, an Australian flying with the RAF in India. He had previously served with No 460 Squadron, RAAF in England, and took part in an air raid on the Matford Works at Poissy, France. Fl Lt O’Donohue was lost on operations over Burma on 29 February, 1944 and has no known grave.

1986 Robert William LAKIN 9 Light Horse Regiment / 54th Battery14th Field Artillery Brigade

3994 Private Frederick William TRENDELL

463-squadron Lancaster 'S for Sugar' bombing-up at RAF Waddington. The large cylindrical bomb is an 8,000lb 'blockbuster' a larger version of the 4,000ln 'Cookie'.

1950 William Henry LE BRUN 48th Battalion

A Bulldozer of No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron at work in a coral quarry on Noemfoor Island in late 1944

938 Private William George SYMS

James Christian Ehrke, my great uncle. James' cerebral meningitis caused by camp conditions according to medical records. He renlisted in WW2 for Homeland Defence.

Vietnam War Memorial, Adelaide, South Australia

Vietnam War Memorial, Adelaide, South Australia

WW2 Aircrew Europe post D-Day 1944 operations over Europe, Distinguished Service: L-R Distinguished Flying Cross, 1939/45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, British Commonwealth War Medal 1939/45 and the Australian War Service Medal.

F?O Tanner's crew of JO-T on completion of their OTU course before they were joined by their FLight Engineer relating to the story "The power of understatement - and a wonderful airframe" - and not a small amount of airmanship

LANCASTER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 463 SQUADRON RAAF, AT RAF STATION WADDINGTON, WAITING TO BE BOMBED UP FOR A DAYLIGHT RAID ON GERMAN MILITARY TARGETS IN FRANCE.

A Spitfire Mk XIV in the colours of No. 91 Sqn summer of 1944

Two members of the 14th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Gunners Tommy Hill and Neil Cook engage Japanese aircraft during the Darwin Air Raid of 19 February 1942, with a WW1 vintage Lewis Gun, in a work by official war artist Roy Hodgkinson, first published in the WW2 Journal 'Khaki and Green' under the ID of 'B5/B7'.

SX2663 Private Edward Ernest SMITH

No. 19 Course at ATS Somers Victoria 27 Aug 1941. Reg Bain circled in red.

John Jackson and his brother Les photographed at the Alexandria Zoo while serving in the Middle East prior to returning to Australia to join No. 75 Squadron. Both men would command the unit with Les succeeding his older brother after he was killed in action.

Pte Nash, of Victoria, Australia served with A Company. He died on 24 July 1916, aged 21, of wounds received in the Australian charge at Fleurbaix during 19 - 23 July 1916. In this action, which formed part of the Battle of the Somme, (Ed note: this is not technically correct - the Somme is much further south) Australian troops attempted to advance but were pinned down by German forces located behind them as well as in front of them. Cut off, they charged the German lines in an attempt to return to their original point of advance.

1914/15 Star 22919 War Memorial 18924 Victory Medal 18855

1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Philip Bonhotte's distinctive medal set. L-R Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Accumulated in just two years active service and just 24 years old at the time of his death on 24/5 April 1918

Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, 39-45 War Medal, 39-45 Australian Service Medal

Studio portrait of eight soldiers, three of whom are brothers from Gympie, Qld. The five other soldiers in the portrait are unidentified. Standing far left is 2515 Private (Pte) Stephen Madden, 11th Battalion of Gympie Qld. A miner prior to enlistment, Pte Madden embarked aboard HMAT Karoola (A36) on 25 June 1915. He was killed in action in France on 22 July 1916, aged 37. Standing far right is 3379 Pte William John Madden, 47th Battalion. Middle row, far right is 3468 Pte James Joseph Madden, 48th Battalion. William and James both embarked on board HMAT Seang Bee (A48) on 2 October 1915. William died in 1923, aged 28 and James, wounded twice in France, died the following year, aged 39. A fourth Madden brother 6388 Pte William (Andrew) Madden enlisted under the name of William Lake. He served in the 15th Battalion and was killed in action at Pozieres, France, on 11 April 1917, aged 30.