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Robert Thomas BAMBLETT's headstone in the AIF Cemetery West Terrace Adelaide
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S/No 424759 Flight Sergeant Stuart Lacey EDWARDS
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AWM caption : Richmond, NSW. c. 1938. Supermarine Seagull V (Walrus) amphibian aircraft of No. 5 (Fleet Cooperation) Squadron RAAF lined up for inspection on the tarmac in front of the Squadron's hangar at RAAF Base Richmond. Note the squadron pilots in front of the aircraft with maintenance personnel standing under the wings of the aircraft. Aircraft serial numbers A2-2 and A2-5 are at the far end of the line.
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GRaves of the crew of 460 Squadron Lancaster lost here 13th June 1943
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Bellicourt Cemetery
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Louverval Cemetery collonade - a striking memorial
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Clarence Lamshed's medal set - British War Medal and Victory Medal
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Reginald Alfred Charles HEALEY 54th Battalion
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Australian delegates at the Japanese surrender ceremony on board USS Missouri. Left to right: (back row) Captain J. Balfour; Lieutenant Colonel D. H. Dwyer; Air Vice Marshal G. Jones; Lieutenant General F. H. Berryman; Commodore J. A. Collins. Front row: Rear Admiral G. Moore; General Sir Thomas Blamey (who signed for Australia) and Air Vice Marshal W. D. Bostock.
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P40 Kittyhawks on the 2 OTU flight line
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SX4193 Private SMART, Gilby Roy; 2nd/27th Battalion
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Military Cross 1914/15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal
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A group of seven sergeants waiting to board on the troopship RMS Orontes. Identified back row right: 31661 Wheeler Sergeant (W/Sgt) William Richardson, 43 year old carpenter of Fremantle, WA. W/Sgt Richardson of 9th Reinforcements of 10th Field Artillery Brigade, has a wheel qualification badge on his right sleeve. All others are Master Gunners as denoted by their cloth gun badges on their right sleeves. Front row second left has a metal gun badge. Known to be amongst the group but exact positions unknown are: 31436 Sgt Keith A’Beckett Klingender, of Toorak, Vic, of 9th Reinforcements of 14th Field Artillery Brigade; 31586 Sgt Frank Moritz Michaelis, farmer of St Kilda, Vic of 12th Reinforcements of 6th Field Artillery Brigade. Sgt Michaelis died of meningitis on 14 May 1917 in England; 31361 Sgt Arthur Ernest McKean, clerk of Albert Park, Vic, of 12th Reinforcements of 4th Field Artillery Brigade (possibly centre front).
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Kenneth Roy "Curly" McPherson, 13th Field Ambulance
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Ian Henry Denver (enlisted as I.H. Deramore-Denver), DFC
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Ian Denver meets Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in 2012.
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179 Sgt (later Lieutenant) William John Shaughnessy RH#14
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The Vickers Armstrong QF 2 pounder Anti Tank Gun which equipped Australian Anti Tank / Tank Attack units. Although outclassed by the armoured protection of modern tanks such as the German Pzkw III and later so was hard pressed in the Middle East in WW2, it was more than adequate to deal with Japanese tanks encountered in the SW Pacific exemplified in the ambushes conducted in the Malaya campaign.
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FSgt George Hale, 77 Squadron, and his aircraft "Halestorm", one of very few Meteor pilots to get the better of the Mig 15s over Korea. The effect of the muzzle blast from the two 20mm cannon mounted either side of the nose is clearly evident.
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Pte V. Armstrong
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Vincent Armstrong's grave at West Terrace AIF Cemetery
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A colourised version of AC0066, a photograph taken in the same sequence as AC0068, although the aircraft appear in different orde . It shows two key colour schemes applied to RAAF Hudsons immediately prior to and during the early stages of WW2. A16-3 is painted matt black underneath, the others a sky blue. A16-47 is painted foliage green on the upper surfaces, the other two have a disruptive pattern with dark earth applied. A16-38 farthest from the camera, later served with No. 32 Squadron and was heavily damaged in March 1942 by enemy action in New Guinea. After repair it was issued to 1 OTU but was lost in an accident due to structural failure.
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c. 1943. Studio portrait of 411768 Sergeant J. S. Freeth who flew with 455 Squadron. He was credited with sinking a submarine with depth charges in April 1943. He was killed in a flying accident on 24 May 1943. This hand coloured photograph is set in a gold brooch (REL25225) that is inscribed on the back with "To dear John Freeth's mother with regard from his friends at Angus and Coote 1944". Mrs Freeth had refused to give up hope that her son had survived, and it was hoped that by giving her this brooch that she would come to accept his death. (Donor D. Freeth).
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A No. 431 Squadron Lancaster B Mk III running up its engines.
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Short ‘Empire’, VH-ABB ‘Coolangatta’ of QANTAS. Impressed by RAAF as A18-13 and allocated to 11 Squadron RAAF. It was returned to QANTAS on 13 July 1943, but crashed in Sydney Harbour on 11 October 1944.
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Lance Corporal Frank Albert BROWN, 43rd Infantry Battalion RH # 65
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Private later Lance Corporal Frank Albert BROWN 43rd Bn AIF
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Sir Hughie Edwards medals and decorations: VC, DSO, OBE, DFC, 1939-45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, British War Medal 1939-45, General Service Medal (Malaya) clash, QE II Coronation Medal, QE II Silver Jubilee Medal. KCMG and CB are neck decorations not shown in this set.
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SIr Hughie Edwards as Governor of WA 1974-75
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ACDRE Edwards's Medal Group and Neck decorations displayed in the AWM Canberra.
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Informal portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris KCB OBE AFC, Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Bomber Command, with members of No. 460 Squadron RAAF, the original RAAF Lancaster Squadron in RAF Bomber Command, during his visit to the squadron at RAF station Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England. Identified from left to right: 425080 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Jack Venning of Gympie, Queensland (later awarded DFC); 21082 Flt Sgt Thomas Lloyd Walkley of Craigieburn, Victoria; 414044 Flt Sgt Geoffrey Stewart Jordan of Sydney, NSW; 413986 Fl Sgt Wilfred Cyril Gordon of Raleigh, NSW (later awarded DFC); 414232 Fl Sgt Mervyn Edgar Hamilton of Brisbane, Queensland (killed on flying operations over the Netherlands on 15 August 1944); 420892 Pilot Officer (PO) Noel Knight of Coonabarabran, NSW (later awarded DFC); 414019 Flt Sgt Jan Goulevitch of Townsville, Queensland (later awarded DFC); 400102 Wing Commander Robert Alexander Norman DFC, Commanding Officer; 409632 Flt Sgt Samuel Whiteside of Korumburra South, Victoria (killed on flying operations over Germany on 27 January 1944); 14744 Flt Sgt Colin Stafford Francis of Summerhill, NSW (later awarded DFC); Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris KCB OBE AFC; 405909 Flt Sgt Ernest William Joseph Hurley of Ipswich, Queensland (killed on flying operations over Germany, 27 January 1944); 408559 PO Edward Hasall Anderson of Melbourne, Victoria; 412810 Flight Lieutenant James Robert Henderson of Sydney, NSW (later awarded DFC and DSO); 400577 Squadron Leader Kenneth David Baird DFC of Ballarat, Victoria; 422468 Flt Sgt John Joseph Egan (later awarded DFC) of Bankstown, NSW; and 414349 Flt Sgt William Kevin Halstead of Townsville, Queensland (killed on flying operations over the UK on 16 December 1943).
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1763 Tpr Joseph Wren Rear side of photo
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Photo of John Messiter taken at enlistment, aged 18
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TX11229 Private Roy Absolom
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Morphettville Camp in 1915 (i.e. after Cowper passed through).
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A.D. Whitehead shortly after enlistment
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The SA Police WW1 Service Honour Roll
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The grave pf Private Edward Burney 32nd Battalion at Pheasant Wood Cemetery Fromelles
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Walter WIlloughby HOSKING
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The cover of Gellert's most successful book of poetry, which cemented his reputation as Australia's premier warrior poet of WW1
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The RAAFA Stained Glass Window in the First Floor foyer
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Surname: GAY; Given Names: Beaumont Colbey; Date of Birth: 24 November 1876; Date of Enlistment: 16 September 1916; Trade or Calling: Railway Employee; Birth Location: Adelaide; Address prior to enlistment: 56 Main North Rd Prospect; Photograph sent by: Mrs B C Gay Source: State Records SA
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Australian soldiers at Messines in July 1917, standing in German trenches demolished by the mine blasts. E00554 AWM
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Slouch Hat memorial adjacent to the Bullecourt church. Steve Larkins collection
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The Bullecourt Digger - the famous bronze statue of a digger looking across the Bullecourt battlefield from the town cemetery. Steve Larkins colelction
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PORTRAIT OF 8028 DRIVER R.B. COCHRANE, 6TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE, KILLED IN ACTION 1916-08-03.
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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
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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