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Private Thomas Makin, 14th Battalion, AIF
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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.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Motor Launch (ML) 1321 at anchor after the ill fated raid on Muschu Island, off the coast of New Guinea, on 11 April 1945.
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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.

Author: Australian War Memorial

Leading Aircraftman Edward John Harland AWM P12392.001
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Leading Aircraftman Edward John Harland

Edward John Harland was born on 13 July 1924, in Dubbo, New South Wales, the youngest of six children born to Thomas and Margaret Harland.

Author: Australian War Memorial