Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

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

Australian WW2 medal set for service in the South West Pacific - 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, 1939-45 War Medal, Australian Service Medal 39-45

WW1 Distinguished conduct : L-R Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Kapara Nursing Home Memorial - a WW2 Hospital site

L-R British War Medal and Victory Medal

WW1 Meritorious service post 31 Dec 15 Embarkation: L-R Military Medal (MM), British War Medal, Victory Medal

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

Australian soldiers from the 29th/46th Battalion carrying a wounded man on a stretcher following combat operations against the Japanese around Gusika, New Guinea, November 1943.

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

AWM Photograph P07344.002

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

Sergeant Brian Gordon GRASBY on completion of his aircrew training

429369 Flying Officer (FO) Richard Rodney (Rod) Young, 463 Sqn RAAF, of West Maitland, NSW at the controls of 'H' for How, about to depart on a raid on the Dortmund-Emms Canal in Germany. Just three weeks later he was flying JO-K when it was lost over Giessen, Germany

Flying Officer Gwynne Thomas - detail from AWM

429369 Flying Officer (FO) Richard Rodney (Rod) Young, 463 Sqn RAAF, of West Maitland, NSW at the controls of 'H' for How, about to depart on a raid on the Dortmund-Emms Canal in Germany. Just three weeks later he was flying JO-K when it was lost over Giessen, Germany

FSGT Len Henderson in the rear turret of Lancaster JO-K - later lost on 7 Dec 1944

433549 FSGT Len Henderson 463 SQN

427870 Bernard Francis CODY taken at enlistment 1942

VX134490 Gunner Keith McLannan

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

George Arthur Debnam, Phoebe Debnam and their son, George Parkman Debnam. This is a compsite image. George Parkman DOW Gallipoli September 1915, before his father enlisted, aged 50, in February 1917. He survived the War

William Mannix Baker William was killed in action on 4th March 1942 on HMAS Yarra against an overpowering Japanese fleet. His niece Catherine Cave, received a citation of gallantry medal on behalf of William, presented by the then, Governer General Quentin Bryce

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

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

Richard FETHERSTON - Postcard to work colleagues in Australia

Richard FETHERSTON - Postcard to work colleagues from Cairo

Richard FETHERSTON - Postcard to Work Colleagues in Australia

7083 Private Robert William Thompson, with his motherless little children prior to Embarkation

SX10573 Cecil Mark KROEMER 2nd/42rd Battalion

NF443427 Private Kathleen MICHAEL

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

Flying Officer David Payne Croston, 463 Squadron.

Flying Officer Robert McKerlie Croft

NF462502 Gunner Norma Vesta MEAKIN's headstone at Rookwood War Cemetery

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

Informal portrait of the crew of a Lancaster bomber of 467 Squadron RAAF prior to a night mission. Identified, left to right: 1352851 Sergeant (Sgt) Eric Reginald Hill, RAF, mid upper gunner of Weald, Essex; 423311 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Gilbert Firth Pate, RAAF, rear gunner of Belmore, NSW; 1350279 Sgt Kenneth Harold Tabor, RAF, flight engineer; 425413 Flt Sgt Alistair Dale Johnston, RAAF, wireless operator, of Melbourne, Vic; 400495 Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Donald Philip Smeed Smith, DFC, RAAF, pilot of Melbourne, Vic; 412686 Warrant Officer Royston William Purcell, RAAF, navigator of Werris Creek NSW; 658844 Flt Sgt Jeremiah Parker, RAF, bomb aimer of England. The aircraft pictured is most likely the Lancaster Mark III bomber LM475 (PO-B). This was the usual aircraft flown by the crew listed above which crashed whilst on a mission over Lille, France, on 10 May 1944, of which only the pilot, Sqn Ldr Smith survived. Two weeks prior to this mission, bomber pilots were authorised to wear seat-type parachutes instead of the standard backpack that was stored in the plane and only hooked in case of need. This most likely saved Sqn Ldr Smith's life; on landing by parachute he made his way cross-country through France and Switzerland, and back to England several months later.

Squadron crews of mainly "C" Flight lined up in front of "A2" Aussie, March 1944.

A RAAF crew of a Lancaster Bomber from No 460 Squadron RAAF. Left to right: 408034 Flying Officer (FO) M. W. Carroll DFC of Ferntree Gully, Vic; Sergeant D. G. Champkin, RAF; 414807 Pilot Officer T. J. Lynch of Toowoomba, Qld (back); 404507 Squadron Leader E. G. D. Jarman DFC (Captain) of Yeppoon, Qld (centre front); 404467 Flying Officer (FO) H. R. Harrison of Lismore, NSW; 404503 FO F. G. Jackson DFC OF Lismore, NSW; 411227 FO R. L. Neal of Grenfell, NSW. This crew posed for a painting by war artist Stella Bowen. The crew was posted missing on 28 April 1944, and were later confirmed as lost in action. This and other photographs were used to complete the painting.

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

Barry Spicers painting of "SqnLdr David Leicester's Lancaster coming home in daylight"

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

David Leicester DFC and Bar