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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.

The Noonan SA Police Heavyweight Boxing Championship Trophy Belt won by Tom Tobin 1938-1940. On display in Police Headquarters

Newspaper CLippings recording the 1938 bout, the first of three in succession won by PC Tom Tobin

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

The explosion of the MV Neptuna and clouds of smoke from oil storage tanks, hit during the first Japanese air raid on Australia's mainland, at Darwin on February 19, 1942. In the foreground is HMAS Deloraine, which escaped damage.

A photograph taken during the first and largest Japanese air raid of the war on Darwin. The ammunition ship MV Neptuna explodes in the background after a direct hit. The corvette HMAS Deloraine rides at anchor in the foreground and remained unharmed.

A Poster urging Australians to avenge the sinking of the Centaur by contributing to the war effort

A Poster urging Australians to avenge the sinking of the Centaur by contributing to the war effort

HMAS Sydney (II) probably taken in Sydney Harbour

Private VERE PARKINSON

422424 Flying Officer Kenneth Roy Collier

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.

Peter Masters shortly after enlistment Sep 1940

Peter Masters during the recording of his oral history for the series 'Australians at War' . He also featured in the video documentary '44 Days' narrated by Geoffrey Robertson QC, released in 1992, links to which are contained in the 75 Squadron history.

859 Private (later Sergeant) Henry George Buswell MM, 11 Battalion AIF

Military Medal, British South African Medal, 1914.15 Star, British War Medal, Victory 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.

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https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/hill-60-gallipoli

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/adf-peacekeepers-day

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/return-of-the-unknown-soldier

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/the-new-year--1916

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/first-track

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/the-australasian-soldiers-dardanelles-cenotaph

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/a-wwi-selfie

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/the-symons-of-south-australia

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/rsl-sa-turns-100-today

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/christmas-in-the-trenches

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/the-boxers-and-the-protector

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/south-australian-nurses-and-the-second-anglo-boer-war

https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/cheer-up-society-and-the-rsa

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https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/research/home-page-archives/the-fishermans-friend

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