Stories

Robert Hanna
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Robert Hugh Hanna

Robert was born on the 26th of July 1922 at Albury, New South Wales.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Will Maxwell
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William Anderson Maxwell

Will was born on the 29th of April, 1888. He was the fifth of ten children for George and Margaret (née Anderson) Maxwell.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Ken Curlewis
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Kenneth Curlewis

Ken was born on the 20th of November 1893 at Tintaldra. He was the youngest of six children of Alfred William and Frances Ann (née Graves) Curlewis.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Colin Cramond - Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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Colin Hearder Cramond

Colin was born on the 22nd of August 1880, at Warrnambool, Victoria. His parents were John Glass and Frances, (née Hearder).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Ralph Lees - Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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Vivien Ralph Worthington Lees

Vivien Ralph Worthington Lees was born on the 30th of  August 1888 in Moree, New South Wales.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Jack Frizzell
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Thomas Arthur (Jack) Frizzell

Jack (on the right in picture with his cousin Ernest Touzel) was born on the 27th of October 1888 at Corryong Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Alfred Rixon
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Alfred John Rixon

Alfred was born on the 16th of March 1891 at Walwa, Victoria. He was one of eight children to William and Sophia (née McPherson) Rixon.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
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Percy James Edmund Briggs

Percy was born in 1893 at Cudgewa, Victoria. He was the third of six children to Angus McIntyre and Ellen Jane (née Burke) Briggs.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Fairey Battle K4926
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Bomb explodes No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School

In the early stages of the Empire Air Training Scheme, it was planned to allocate some 900 aircraft to Australia for training purposes including 500 Avro Ansons and 400 Fairey B

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Recruitment Poster RAAF WW2
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Empire Air Training Scheme

An official announcement of Australia's initial contribution to the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS), was made by Prime Minister Menzies on the 16th Decembe

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Mark Wheeler
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James Mark Wheeler

Mark  was born in 1891 at Corryong, Victoria. He was the youngest of seven children born to Charles Henry and Jane (née Bell) Wheeler.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Alf Waugh
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Alfred Summelyn Waugh

Alfred was born in 1897 at Corryong, Victoria. He was one of twelve children of Henry Hall and Elizabeth Jane (née Lewis) Waugh.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Jim Counsell
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James (Jim) Henry Counsell

Jim was born in 1895 at Beechworth, Victoria. He was one of nine children to William and Mary Ellen (née Dunstan) Counsell.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Arthur Chanter
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Arthur Ernest Chanter

Arthur was born in 1894 in Tallangatta, Victoria. He was one of four sons to Frederick Moore and Maria Ann (née Hore) Chanter.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Wreck of Montevideo Maru Found

During April 2023 the wreck of the Montevideo Maru was found off the northwest coast of The Philippines in the South China Sea at a depth of over 4,000 metres.

Author: Patrick Bourke

Joe Hamilton
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Joseph Allan Hamilton

Joe was born on the 29th of January 1919 in Albury, New South Wales.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Arthur Chitty
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Arthur (Toxa) Wilson Chitty

Arthur was born on the 5th of August 1918 at Corryong, Victoria. He would be one of twelve children to Allan Peter Done and Hannah Evelyne (née Wilson) Chitty.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

George Nugent
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George Nugent

George Nugent was born in 1888 to James and Sophie Nugent of Berrigama. He was one of five sons of James and Sophie who would join the AIF and serve overseas.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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The Good-Bye

 

In uniform the soldier stood 
Beside his mother, old and grey.

Author: RSL (Port Pirie Sub Branch) Inc.

Alfred Turner
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Alfred James Turner

Alfred was born in Bethanga, Victoria, in 1892. He was the sixth child of John William and Frances Margaret (née Osmond) Turner.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Ben Sutherland
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Lisle Ben Sutherland

Ben was born in 1895 at Thologolong, Victoria. He was one of twelve children to Peter Alexander and Thomasina (Ina) Mary Eliza (née Carter) Sutherland.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Bill Wheeler
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William (Bill) James Wheeler

Bill was born in 1894 at Cudgewa, in Victoria. He was the second of nine children to Frank Edward and Elizabeth Mary (née Carter) Wheeler.

Author: Stephen Learmonth