Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

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.

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

The Farina War memorial

Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. 28 May 1944. Group portrait of the Commanding Officer and Senior Administrative Officer of No. 73 Wing RAAF, with the pilots of the Wing's three Squadrons: No. 77 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF (left), No. 79 (Spitfire) Squadron RAAF (middle) and No. 76 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF on Momote airfield. No. 77 Squadron RAAF pilots, back row, left to right: Flying Officer (FO) D. (Doug) Summons; Pilot Officer (PO) Neall; Fo Martin; unidentified; PO D. (Doug) Tapsell; Sergeant (Sgt) Pyke; Sgt Clarke; PO Brocklehurst; Sgt Eames; 430438 Sgt Lindsay Collins (KIA Labuan, North Borneo 26 June 1945); Sgt White. Middle row: PO K. (Keith) Toupein (crouching); FO (George) Pagan; Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) (Dinga) Bell; Flt Lt (Doug) Prowse, Flight Commander; 576 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) C. W. (Cyril) Starke AFC, Commanding Officer, No. 77 Squadron RAAF; Flt Lt McTaggart, Flight Commander; FO C. (Clarrie) Scott; Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) C. (Cliff) Rose; FO W. (Bill) Kaye (crouching). Front row: PO D. (Don) Crane; Sgt Palme; Flt Sgt D. Rogers; Flt Sgt K. Martin; Sgt Dickenson; 409225 Sgt H. W. (Hal) Roberts; Sgt R. Rogers. No. 79 Squadron RAAF pilots, back row, left to right: PO J. (John) Vader; FO A. (Arch) Moore; 437476 PO R. Vernon (Ross) Day (Killed 28 April 1945); Warrant Officer (Jock) Haines; 400735 FO L. S. (Len) Reid DFC; 418232 Flt Sgt G. A. (Alec) Chomley; 405026 FO P. E. (Paul) Sebire; 411809 Flt Lt W. A. (Warren) Napier; 418071 FO W. J. (Bill) Coffey); 401000 FO D. (Doug) Scott. Middle Row: FO J. (Joe) Marshall; FO R. (Dick) Long, Acting Flight Commander, No. 79 Squadron; 251414 Flt Lt J. W. L. (John) Atkinson, Medical Officer, No. 79 Squadron (also known as Leigh); Sqn Ldr J. McD. (Jim) Davidson, Senior Administration Officer, No. 73 Wing; 213 Group Captain G. H. (Gordon) Steege DSO DFC, Commanding Officer (CO), No. 73 Wing; 407778 Flt Lt R. M. (Max) Brinsley DFC, Acting CO, No. 79 Squadron; 402270 FO W. H. (Bill) Wright, Flight Commander, No. 79 Squadron; 403392 Flt Lt A. S. (Alan) Yates. Front row: 401741 PO R. Hugh (Ross) Cameron (KIA 27 March 1945); Sgt V. (Viv) Pollard; 437523 PO H. D. (Hugh) Kennare; 403681 FO I. E. B. (Ian) McKellar; 408951 FO J. (Jim) Barrie; Flt Lt T. (Tom) Williams; FO A. (Arthur) Clayton. No. 76 Squadron RAAF pilots, back row, left to right: Sgt Alec Makeham; ?Sgt Wally Nugent; unidentified Sgt; Pilot Officer (PO) Jim Morris; Sgt (Red) O'Meara; unidentified Sgt; unidentified Sgt; Middle row: ?Sgt J. (Jim) Cornish); FO J. (John) Plain; Flt Lt C. (Charles) Roe, Medical Officer No. 76 Squadron; Flt Lt F. L. (Leigh) Bowes, soon to be Sqn Ldr, CO No. 76 Squadron; FO W. (Bill) Cashmore; unidentified Flt Lt; unidentified FO. Front row: Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) B. (Bruce) Gogerly; unidentified Flt Sgt; unidentified Sgt; ?Sgt F. (Frank) Miles or A. (Alan Carthew; Flt Sgt Noel Butler; unidentified PO. Members of No. 76 Squadron RAAF at that time not identified in this photograph: Flt Lt Jim (Gremlin) Harrison; FO Bruce Caldwell; Flt Sgt Cliff Willis; Flt Sgt Neville Ellis; Flt Sgt Val Higgins; John Lundy.

James Tyner's Medal Set - L-R 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Private Leslie Robert Templeman

3294 PTE Leslie DOWDELL RH#11

935 Private Frank Oliver SCUTT 43rd Battalion RH#15

Captain Henry Samuel COPE MC, 43rd Battalion

3795 Private William LAWSON RH#17

Private Thomas MALONEY, RH#18

Private Roy BOARDMAN,

1184 Private James Michael TYNER 3 Fd Amb RH#22

187 Private Joseph Raymond STEAD

Heilly Station Cemetery

Thomas Yapp's medal set: British War medal Victory Medal

Studio portrait of 407713 Aircraftman (AC), later Sergeant (Sgt) No. 32 Squadron RAAF, James Alexander Herman, of Kilkenny, SA.

Lauri Sheard's grave alongside his colleagues at Bomana War Cemetery Port Moresby Papua New Guinea.

A Lancaster crew of No 467 Squadron, RAAF, at Bottesford, Leicestershire, preparing to set off for Berlin on the evening of 31 August 1943. They are, from left: Flight Sergeants J Scott, G. Eriksen and A Boys, Sergeant C Adair, Flight Sergeant B Jones (Captain), Flight Sergeant J Wilkinson and Sergeant E Tull, RAF, the only Englishman in the crew. This aircraft is 'M for Mother' at this time a veteran of 40 missions. It appears in two other published images, one of which was close-up of the nose art on the aircraft (AWM UK UK0463). It also appears in another image on this site, with a different crew later in 1943 by which time it had racked up 53 missions.

Vickers Warwick and crew including P/Offr John "Bart" Bartholomew 1st left, the Navigator. This crew was involved in a near disaster and their aircraft was lost after an emergency landing and runway overshoot brought on by an Engine Failure (and fire) After Take-Off (EFATO), resulting in the aircraft overshooting the runway and crashing into the sea. All of the crew survived. Crew in front of their Warwick `B4` L to R: Nav F/O Bart Bartholomew, 2/Pilot H.Bath, W/AG Ted Russell, Pilot Jack Murray, W/AG Cledwyn Evans, W/AG Colin Acton and A/G F/O C.H.Haywood. Photo: Ted Russell.

Vickers Warwick and crew including P/Offr John "Bart" Bartholomew 1st left, the Navigator. This crew was involved in a near disaster and their aircraft was lost after an emergency landing and runway overshoot brought on by an Engine Failure (and fire) After Take-Off (EFATO), resulting in the aircraft overshooting the runway and crashing into the sea. All of the crew survived. Crew in front of their Warwick `B4` L to R: Nav F/O Bart Bartholomew, 2/Pilot H.Bath, W/AG Ted Russell, Pilot Jack Murray, W/AG Cledwyn Evans, W/AG Colin Acton and A/G F/O C.H.Haywood. Photo: Ted Russell.

Etaples CWGC Cemetery - the largest in France. Most burials here had died of their wounds at various points along the casualty evacuation.

RH Panel Image #3 - Private Robert John Penny

Private William Charles Addems

Driver James Benjamin Attrill

HAMS Canberra Sydney Harbour 1929, dressed with flags and firing a salute. Note the Supermarine Walrus seaplane, belonging to and crewed by No. 9 Squadron RAAF.

HAMS Canberra in Sydney Harbour 1929, dressed with flags and firing a salute. Note the Supermarine Walrus seaplane, belonging to and crewed by No. 9 Squadron RAAF.

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CALLANDER Arthur Stanley 3047 Pte 27th Bn

Sister M Hall, Moonee Ponds Baby Health Centre, 1950

No. 77 Driver Sidney John PENHALIGON from the Queenslander 12 Jun 1915

No. 77 Driver Sidney John PENHALIGON -from the Queenslander 31 Oct 1914

No 156 Squadron May 1943 at RAF Warboys, CO WCDR Rivett-Carnac

Outdoor group portrait of six signallers in the snow. Identified back row, left to right: 19636 Gunner (Gnr) Reginald Sylvester Mason; 19822 Gnr Gilbert James Simmonds; 19657 Stanley Clarence Whiting; 19806 Gnr Lewis Ewen McKenzie (later MM). Front row, seated: 19616 Gnr Frank Orman Ball and 19634 Gnr Allan Lyle McPherson (later MM). These men embarked for service overseas with the 8th Field Artillery Brigade aboard HMAT Medic (A7) on 20 May 1916 (Gnrs McPherson, Whiting and Ball from Sydney and Gnrs McKenzie and Simmonds from Melbourne). Gnr Mason, a printer from Corrowa, NSW, prior to enlistment, died of wounds in Belgium on 27 September 1917, aged 22. The other five men survived the war.

Lieutenant Leonard Gurner, 60th Infantry Battalion AIF

WW1 service medals embarkation post Dec 1915 - British War Medal, Victory Medal

WW1 medal set embarkation pre Dec 1915. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

WW1 medal set - embarkation before 31 Dec 1915. 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Jamestown HB02 - Jamestown & DIstrict Honour Board

WW2 pacific medal set - L-R; Pacific Star, British War Medal 1939-45, Australian Service Medal 1939-45

Glenelg Uniting Church WW1 Honour Board

WW1 medal set with MID - L-R 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal with MID clasp

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

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

3940 Cecil George LARSEN with his sister, Agnes Annie Yates (nee Larsen) shortly after his enlistment.

Distinguished Flying Medal Commendation

"Australia Remembers" plaque. Inscription: Jack Deacon, Army, 1941-1946. City of West Torrens

Four of the crew of Lancaster PO-G, L-R TBC, FOff William Felstead, FSGT Brian Grasby TBC, plus a colleague from another crew (TBC ).

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