Loss of Two Royal Navy Officers During XE Midget Submarine Training Exercises
Lieutenant David Carey, Royal Navy and Lieutenant Bruce Enzer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve were lost within several days of each other (June/July 1945) during XE Submarine trai
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Brian Rowe
Private Frederick Jacob Kafer, 53rd Battalion,
Frederick’s father, Jacob, emigrated to Australia in 1855 with his parents and siblings from Auenstein, in the German Kingdom of Württemberg.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Gregory Vaughan Foran, 7th General Service Reinforcements, AIF
Gregory Foran was born in 1895 in Oberon, New South Wales, the son of Michael and Priscilla Foran.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Charles Roland Bird, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Charles Bird was born on 22 September 1916 in Fremantle, Western Australia, the son of Roland and Beatrice Bird.
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Australian War Memorial
Flying Officer Alexander Glenn Jennison, No. 10 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
Alexander Jennison was born on 18 February 1911 in Mathoura, New South Wales.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Alban Edward Sandover Marshall, 42nd Battalion
Alban Marshall was born on 12 March 1888 in Brisbane. Known as “Ted”, he was the eldest of three children born to William and Julia Marshall.
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Australian War Memorial
The saddest selfie
It’s a striking image of a fresh-faced young man taking a photograph of himself reflected in a dresser mirror more than 100 years ago.
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Australian War Memorial
Lance Corporal John Buchanan Young, 34th Battalion, AIF
John Young was born in 1895 in the town of Wiamangaroa, on New Zealand’s South Island.
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Australian War Memorial
Flight Lieutenant Robert James Reed, No. 50 Squadron RAF
Robert Reed was born in 1914 in Boulder, a suburb in the Western Australian goldfields bordering on the city of Kalgoorlie.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Timothy Aplin, 2nd Commando Regiment
Timothy Aplin, known as “Tim”, was born in May 1972, the only son of Margaret Aplin of Indooroopilly, Queensland.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Luke Worsley, 4RAR (Commando)
Luke James Worsley was born in Windsor, New South Wales, in July 1981, one of five children of John and Marjorie Worsley.
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Australian War Memorial
Lance Corporal Todd John Chidgey, 2 Commando Regiment
Todd Chidgey was born on 5 May 1985 and was the second of three sons to Kerrie Baker of Gosford, New South Wales.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Benjamin Adam Chuck, 2 Commando Regiment
Ben Chuck was born in Atherton, Queensland on 18 June 1983, the son of Gordon and Susan Chuck.
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Australian War Memorial
Corporal Mathew Ricky Andrew Hopkins, 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment
Mathew Hopkins was born on 27 August 1987 in Christchurch, New Zealand, and arrived in Australia with his family the following year.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Nathanael John Aubrey Galagher, 2 Commando Regiment
Nathanael Galagher was born on 14 April 1989 in Wee Waa, New South Wales, the first child of Wayne, a shearer, and Sally, a bookkeeper.
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Australian War Memorial
Warrant Officer Class 2 Kevin Arthur “Dasher” Wheatley VC, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam
Kevin Wheatley was born on 13 March 1937 in Surrey Hills, New South Wales. He was the third child of Raymond and Ivy (nee Newman) Wheatley.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Colin Joseph Whiston, 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment
Colin Whiston was born in Sydney on 8 May 1945, the eldest of three children of Tom and Ruby Whiston.
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Australian War Memorial
Trooper Jason Thomas Brown, 1 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment
Jason Brown was born on 16 July 1981 to Graham (a Vietnam veteran) and Ann Brown. Four years later, his sister Stephanie was born.
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Australian War Memorial
Trooper William John O’Leary, 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment
William O’Leary was born in Melbourne to Arthur and Margaret O’Leary.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Thomas Makin, 14th Battalion, AIF
Thomas Makin was born in 1893 in Wollongong, New South Wales to Thomas and Jane Makin. When he was still very young, the family moved to Korumburra in Gippsland, Victoria.
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Australian War Memorial
Captain Andrew Percival Rowan, 10th Light Horse Regiment
Andrew Rowan was born on the 3rd of March 1876 in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda, the son of Andrew and Margaret Rowan.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Ronald Edward Eagleton, Z Special Unit
Ronald Eagleton, known to friends and family as “Ronnie”, was born in the Sydney suburb of Glebe on 29 June 1924, the younger of two children of Edward and Gladys Eagleton.
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Australian War Memorial
Flying Officer John Francis Tucker, No. 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
John Tucker was born on 20 April 1919 in Paris, the son of Thomas and Diana Tucker.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Larry Richard Downes, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Larry Downes was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on 12 June 1945, one of five children born to Garth and Isobel Downes.
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Australian War Memorial