Major Peter John Badcoe VC, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam - part 2
But he gradually grew disillusioned with the conduct of the conflict in Vietnam. He began to view it as “an unwinnable war”.
Major Peter John Badcoe VC, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam - part 1
Peter Badcoe was born on 11 January 1934 in Adelaide, the second child of Leslie and Gladys Badcock.
Pilot Officer Neil Howard Denyer, No. 156 Squadron RAF
Neil Denyer was born in August 1921 to Hurtle and Ruby Denyer of Temora, New South Wales. He was a popular all-rounder at high school at Temora and Orange.
Commander William Thomas Alldis Moran
William Moran was born 11 December 1903 in Fremantle, Western Australia, to William and Rose Moran. His family soon moved to Kalgoorlie.
Corporal Joseph John Bald, 12th Battalion, AIF
Joseph John Bald was born on 10 April 1896 to John and Ellen Bald of Ringarooma, Tasmania.
Sergeant Robert Edwin Berry, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Robert “Ted” Berry was born on 23 December 1878 to Thomas and Mary Berry of Brisbane.
Corporal Walter Buchannan Currie, Third South Australian Bushmen Contingent
Walter Currie was born in Adelaide on 17 May 1870, third son of James and Janet Currie, early colonists of South Australia.
Corporal Percy William Geraty, 9th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
Percy Geraty was born in 1893, the only son of Thomas and Fanny Geraty.
Flight Sergeant Arnold Lockyer, No. 24 Squadron RAAF
Arnold Alexander Lockyer was born in May 1915 to Horace Samuel and Sylvie Lockyer (née Whalebone), of Mallina Station in Roebourne shire, Western Australia.
Soldiers’ Memorial Park Inhalatorium
In January 1919, during the Spanish Flu epidemic, an inhalatorium was established in the north-east corner of Soldiers’ Memorial Park fronting Gertrude Street.
Slit trenches
Japan's entry into the Second World War roused a sudden desire for certitude of safety among the civilians of Port Pirie.
Soldiers' Memorial Park
“There was a thoroughly representative attendance at the meeting last night held to arrange preliminary details in connection with the scheme for transforming the Central Parkla
Flight Sergeant Aubrey George Ashley, No. 460 Squadron, RAAF
Aubrey George Ashley was born on 6 September 1917 to Roy and Rosa Ashley of Neutral Bay, Sydney.
Private Patrick Thomas Pyne, 10th Battalion, AIF
Patrick Pyne was born on 25 June 1895 in Wellington, South Australia, to John and Elizabeth Pyne, the third of six sons.
Private Frank Reynolds, 55th Battalion, AIF
Frank Bishop Reynolds was born in 1884, the youngest of nine children of Walter and Ann Reynolds of Lake Bathurst in southern New South Wales.
Private John Edward Harris, 2/21st Battalion, Second AIF
John “Jack” Edward Harris was born on 1 July 1918 in Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, the eldest of four boys and three girls to William and Margaret Harris.
Ptes George Ross and Theo Leslie Seabrook, and Second Lte William Keith Seabrook, 17th Battalion
George Seabrook was born on 14 February 1892, the eldest child of William and Fanny Seabrook.
Remembering the Mara brothers
On the 17th of April 1917, Sarah Mara received a cable at her home in Jamestown, South Australia. It relayed the news that her son, Sergeant Robert Mara, had died of pneumo
King Edward VII banner and plaque
From Sydney Morning Herald, 18 December 1939:
Arch of Triumph - White Hills Botanic Gardens
The Arch of Triumph at the White Hills Botanic Gardens in Bendigo incorporates an Honour Roll of 64 servicemen who served in the First World War.
Mapping and surveying at Fortuna 1942-2008
The cairn in the grounds of Fortuna Villa pays tribute to the many service men and women who served at “Fortuna” between 1942 and 1996.
Bright War Memorial at Mafeking Square
The Bright War Memorial is located at the intersection of Camp, Ireland, Burke and Anderson Streets on land that was surveyed as early as 1862 as a town square. Later, thi
Sergeant Charles Fowler Murrell, 6th Machine Gun Company
Charles Fowler Murrell was born in 1896 in Geelong, Victoria, to Charles and Mary Murrell.
Private George Gunning, 2nd Battalion, AIF
George Gunning was born in Hay in New South Wales in 1880 to Joseph and Eliza Gunning.