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Distinguished Flying Cross,Distinguished Flying Medal Germany (Dams) 1943 (DFM) London Gazette 14.4.1944 (DFC) " DFC Citation: “Joint Citation for the Dam Busters raid on the Moehne, Eder and Scorpe Dams in Germany on the night of 16th May 1943, with the award of the DSO to Acting Flight Lieutenant D J Shannon (1), and Pilot Officer L G Knight (2), a bar to the DFC of Acting Flight Lieutenant J F Leggo (3), the DFC to Flight Lieutenant R C Hay (4) to Pilot Officer C L Howard (5) and Pilot Officer F M Spafford DFM and the DFM to Flight Sergeant T D Simpson (6). On the night of 16th May 1943, a force of Lancaster bombers was detailed to attack the Moehne, Eder and Scorpe dams in Germany. The operation was one of great difficulty and hazard, demanding a great degree of skill and courage and close cooperation between the crews of the aircraft engaged. Nevertheless a telling blow was struck at the enemy by the successful breaching of the Moehne and Eder dams. This outstanding success reflects the greatest credit on the efforts of the following personnel who participated in the operation in various capacities as members of aircraft crews. (London Gazette 28/5/1943 P2361)
408076 FSGT (later Pilot Officer) Tom 'Tammy' Simpson DFC, DFM
CWGC Esbjerg Cemetery

https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2026322/esbjerg-(fourfelt)-cemetery/
AIF project - Charles Henry Alexander

https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=2348
Australian War Memorial - Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files - Charles Henry Alexander

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1504223
The 2nd/28th Battalion embarks in Cairns to deploy to Lae in August 1943.
2nd/28th Battalion Battle Honours

Awarded the following Battle Honours: Beaufort - 1945 Borneo - 1945 Busu River - 1943 Defence of Alamein Line - 1942 Defence of Scarlet Beach - 1943 Defence of Tobruk - 1941 El Alamein - 1942 Finschhafen - 1943 Gusika - 1943 Labuan - 1945 Qattara Track - 1942 Sanyet el Miteirya - 1942 Siki Cove - 1943 Tell el Makh Khad - 1942
Flight Sergeant Jim Mallinson 1943
Charles Henry’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission record

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1457390/ALEXANDER,%20CHARLES%20HENRY
National Archives Australia - Service Record

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=3030329&isAv=N
Pilot Officer Ron Liversidge
Photo on Latvian passport, 1927, Latvian State Historical Archives
1878 Ernest Albert ATKINSON 10th Infantry Battalion
1822 William Clarence Way AHANG 5th Pioneer Battalion
6955 Frederick James ATKINSON 10th Infantry Battalion
A clay model of Charles Web Gilbert's statue used for the Shepparton (Vic) and Burnside (SA) Great War Memorials to the Fallen
IWM - Lives of the First World War - Charles Henry Alexander

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7339932
A group photograph of the first post war RAAF pilots course, RAAF Fairbairn. Standing L-R: M Cottie, J Sandcock, A McKenzie, V Jackson, R Allen, I Booth, P Kendrick, B Hammond. Seated L-R: J Slater, J Alford, R Joske, J Morriss, E Lawrence, J Paech, E Rogers, Lyall Klaffer. In front: R Trebilco.
Sergeant Lyall Klaffer, adjusting his flying suit and breathing apparatus, preparing for a combat sortie from Iwakuni, Japan over Korea flying 77 Squadron's P51 Mustang
77 Squadron in Korea

https://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/stories_from_the_act_memorial/77_squadron_in_korea
Portrait of Flying Officer Lyall R Klaffer of Adelaide, SA, seated in the cockpit of his Vampire aircraft. He is a member of 78 Fighter Wing RAAF, which is stationed in Malta while undertaking garrison duties.
An informal individual portrait of 04218 Pilot Officer L R (Lyall) Klaffer standing in a small garden outside the accommodation huts. Dressed in serge blue battle-dress uniform, he is also wearing the standard forage cap. This pilot is a member of 77 Squadron RAAF having been commissioned from his previous rank as Sergeant. He received a Mention in Despatches for his operational service in Korea.
An informal individual portrait of 04218 Pilot Officer L R (Lyall) Klaffer standing in a small garden outside the accommodation huts. Dressed in serge blue battle-dress uniform, he is also wearing the standard forage cap. This pilot is a member of 77 Squadron RAAF having been commissioned from his previous rank as Sergeant. He received a Mention in Despatches for his operational service in Korea.
Lyall Klaffer on posting to the the USA accumulated several records with the F4 Phantom that would later be adopted by the RAAF as an interim aircraft while the RAAF awaited delivery of the F111. He the attainment of 1,000 hours in the F4 is acknowledged with his USAF Navigator. He also flew the F4 on operations over Hanoi, the only RAAF pilot to do so, while on secondment.
Flight Lieutenant Harold 'Mick' Martin, 617 Squadron RAF, post the Dambuster raid wearing the ribbons for his DSO and DFC.
NAA Service Records

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1807813
Roll of Honour details Form

https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068845/document/5544837.PDF
CWGC Listing

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1601979/williams,-george-henry/
Gerald 'Geoff' Cramer, in front of a Canberra Bomber of No.2 Squadron
Lyal Klaffer Autobiography "Fighter Pilot"

227 page autobiography by Air Commodore Lyall Robert Klaffer entitiled "Fighter Pilot". Manuscript details the authors personal history before enlistment. Accounts post-enlistment are divided into chapters based on posting: Enlistment in Citizens Air Force; Flying training at Point Cook; Flying training at RAAF base East Sale; No.3 Squadron; Central Flying School; No. 77 Squadron Japan; 24 City of Adelaide Squadron; Officer Training school Rathmines; No.2 Operational Conversion Unit; No.75 (F) Squadron Malta; ADC to the Governor-General of Australia; No.2 (F) OCU RAAF Williamstown; Central Flying School RAAF Base East Sale; RAAF College Point Cook; No.3 Fighter Combat Instructors Course; Air Armaments School; RAAF Base Williamstown; RAAF Staff College Point Cook; Air Force Headquarters; Central Flying School; No.16 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (US) South Carolina; Headquarter Operational Command; No.1 Squadron Amberley; Base Squadron Amberley; Air Base Butterworth, Malaysia; Air Force office, Canberra. Accounts of active service during the Korean War. Training, conversion and posting experiences through the rest of his career including his role as ADC to Governor-General Field Marshal Sir William Slim. Personal photographs included throughout.
Aircrew Photo Late 1943 Just before Joining 57 RAF Squadron for First Tour in Jan 1944. All RAF apart from Ian. All Sgts apart from Nav. Rear L-R W/Op Ken Jenkinson (Survived War), Mid Upper AG Charlie King (Survived War), F/E William (Bill) Walter (KIA 12 Jan 1945) and Rear AG Bert McKellar (KIA 12 Jan 1945). Front L-R Nav Terry O'Brien (Survived War), Pilot Ian Ross (KIA 12 Jan 1945) and BA Ed Tilby (KIA 12 Jan 1945). Charlie and Terry elected not to Continue Flying and were Rested after completing their First Tour. Ken Remained with Crew but was Grounded Due to Illness and did not fly on Bergen Op. Replacement Crew - Nav Syd Anderson DFM, Mid Upper AG Les Griffiths and W/Op Ray Ellwood DFM MID. All were Killed with Ian. Rays body was Recovered and Buried in Norway, he had been on Operations since 1939. The Remainder are all on Runnymede with Ian. Family 1943

Aircrew Photo Late 1943 Just before Joining 57 RAF Squadron for First Tour in Jan 1944. All RAF apart from Ian. All Sgts apart from Nav. Rear L-R W/Op Ken Jenkinson (Survived War), Mid Upper AG Charlie King (Survived War), F/E William (Bill) Walter (KIA 12 Jan 1945) and Rear AG Bert McKellar (KIA 12 Jan 1945). Front L-R Nav Terry O'Brien (Survived War), Pilot Ian Ross (KIA 12 Jan 1945) and BA Ed Tilby (KIA 12 Jan 1945). Charlie and Terry elected not to Continue Flying and were Rested after completing their First Tour. Ken Remained with Crew but was Grounded Due to Illness and did not fly on Bergen Op. Replacement Crew - Nav Syd Anderson DFM, Mid Upper AG Les Griffiths and W/Op Ray Ellwood DFM MID. All were Killed with Ian. Rays body was Recovered and Buried in Norway, he had been on Operations since 1939. The Remainder are all on Runnymede with Ian. Family 1943
Flight Sergeant Llewellyn GRE, cropped from a group photo of his crew members
49 Squadron crewmates at the wedding of Sergeant James Arthur Gerald Browne and Marjorie Ayers (arm in arm) at the Registry Office Edmonton Middlesex London on 7 December 1942. The airman are left to right, Flying Officer Frank Ridley (aged 21 on 31 January 1943); Sergeant James Arthur Gerald Browne (aged 25 on 31 January 1943); Flight Sergeant Llewellyn Grey (26 on 31 January 1943) and Flight Sergeant Roy Gould (who completed his tour of operations with 49 Sqn at end of October 1942 and lived well into his 90s dying in 2011). The women other than Marjorie Ayers are unidentified. All of the men with the exception of Roy Gould who had left the unit, were killed on 31 January 1943, when their aircraft crashed on approach to RAF Fiskerton returning from a raid. Only the mid-upper gunner survived the crash.
NAA Service Record 403187 FSGT Llewelly GREY

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=5523054&S=1&N=34&R=0
NAA Service Record 401302 EL COLE

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5538376
James Arthur Gerald BROWNE - Mission List

The following from Iain Bramley's research Forename Surname Rank Unit / Formation Date Up Down Mission Pilot Aircraft Type & Number J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 24th May 1942 n.a. n.a. Posting into 49 Squadron as WT/Air Gunner n.a. n.a. J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 15th August 1942 12:54:00 AM 5:04:00 AM Dusseldorf Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster W.4113 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 17th August 1942 10:26:00 PM 3:01:00 AM Osnabruck Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster W.4113 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 8th September 1942 10:44:00 PM 3:37:00 AM Frankfurt Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5896 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 10th September 1942 8:40:00 PM 1:40:00 AM Dusseldorf Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5916 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 13th September 1942 11:22:00 PM 3:24:00 AM Bremen Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5812 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 14th September 1942 8:31:00 PM 12:48:00 AM Wilmeshaven Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster L.7493 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 17th September 1942 8:38:00 PM 1:15:00 AM Krupps Works, Essen Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5912 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 18th September 1942 7:52:00 PM 4:25:00 AM Mining off Swinehunde Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5912 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 20th September 1942 7:38:00 PM 4:10:00 AM Munich Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5912 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 17th October 1942 12:09:00 PM 10:08:00 PM Schneider Steel Works, Le Creusot (Daylight) Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster W.4773 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 21st October 1942 5:33:00 PM 1:20:00 AM Munich Sgt Elliott Cole Lancaster W.4245 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 24th October 1942 12:20:00 PM 9:22:00 PM Milan (daylight) Sgt Roy Gould Lancaster R.5912 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 21st December 1942 5:33:00 PM 1:20:00 AM Munich Sgt Elliott Cole Lancaster W.4245 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 16th January 1943 4:52:00 PM 11:41:00 PM Berlin Sgt Elliott Cole Lancaster ED.428 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 17th January 1943 4:58:00 PM 1:22:00 AM Berlin Sgt Elliott Cole Lancaster ED.428 J A G Browne Sgt No 49 Squadron 31st January 1943 2:26:00 AM 7:15:00 AM Hamburg (crashed at Reepham Crossing on return) Sgt Elliott Cole Lancaster ED.428
F?O John FREES (right of photo) with crew colleague, SGT Frank Evans RAFVR behind
Commissioned by the 28th Batttalion and 24th Anti-Tank Company Association Inc. as part of the Australian War Memorial’s Plaque Dedication Program.

Commissioned by the 28th Batttalion and 24th Anti-Tank Company Association Inc. as part of the Australian War Memorial’s Plaque Dedication Program.
BREAKFAST CIRCLE OF MEN OF "HQ" COMPANY, 2/28TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. THEY ARE TAKING PART IN A DESERT "BOX" FORMATION EXECISE CARRIED OUT IN EXTENSIVE MANOEUVRES BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN SYRIA AND LEBANON.

BREAKFAST CIRCLE OF MEN OF "HQ" COMPANY, 2/28TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION. THEY ARE TAKING PART IN A DESERT "BOX" FORMATION EXECISE CARRIED OUT IN EXTENSIVE MANOEUVRES BY THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION IN SYRIA AND LEBANON.
MEMBERS OF 2/28 INFANTRY BATTALION USING A HAND RAILWAY TROLLEY TO MOVE THEIR HEAVY GEAR TO THE NEW UNIT POSITION.

MEMBERS OF 2/28 INFANTRY BATTALION USING A HAND RAILWAY TROLLEY TO MOVE THEIR HEAVY GEAR TO THE NEW UNIT POSITION.
Flight Sergeant Jim Mallinson 1943
AWM Collection History of Fort Scratchley by R.S. Mort

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/LIB100013707
Fort Scratchley, Newcastle, NSW. 1939. Group portrait of Fortress Company officers, taken in front of a casemate, the tower on the hill top (behind H. Davis) is the Battery Observation Post. Left to right, back row: Ron Thompson, Bill Scott-Fell; C. A. G. Davis; John Laffey; Tom Nicholson; Alf Toose; S. L. (Pip) Martin; Harold Howley; Harold Davis (Garrison Bn); Dick Ford; ? Mortensen; Norm Hely (Garrison Bn); Frank Thompson; Bob Atcheson. Front row: Fred Harden; Dick Mort; Major John Walter Main; Percy (Dobbie) Dobson (probably Captain Percy Walter Dobson, MC, who served in the First World War); Lieutenant Colonel F. V. Thompson (Garrison Bn); ? McMinn; Jack Manning (A. A.). Identification provided by Dick Mort. (Donor J. Main)
Latvian passport of 1920 Eduards Ābelskalns / Ābelkalns. LVVA Fund No. 2996 Apr 1; Case no. 794.
"Anzaka" hero in the Latvian army - Eduards Ābelskalns / Ābelkalns

https://laikraksts.com/raksti/raksts.php?KursRaksts=10756
Early Latvian Settlers in Australia edited by Aldis L Putnins

2010_Govor_Latvian_Anzacs.pdf
Edward Abelscaln - Russian ANZACS

https://russiananzacs.net/Abelscaln
Australian War Memorial

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10446410?search=

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