'I can't believe now that I was a part of it'
Now 100, Owen Cook looks back at his time as a Lancaster pilot during the war as one of the most significant times in his life.
From Australian War Memorial
Claire Hunter is a features writer with the Australian War Memorial.
Now 100, Owen Cook looks back at his time as a Lancaster pilot during the war as one of the most significant times in his life.
From Australian War Memorial
In the midst of World War II, Sydney architect John Crust climbed Mount Ainslie to paint a watercolour of the newly-built Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
From the Sydney Morning Herald
His rank was ordinary seaman, but there was nothing ordinary about Edward “Teddy” Sheean.
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