Private Joseph Thomas Young, 25th Battalion, AIF
Joseph Young, known as “Joe”, was born in 1897, the eldest child in the large family of Tom and Jessie Young.
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Flight Sergeant John McAulay Morrison, No. 75 Squadron, RAAF
John “Jack” Morrison was born on the 1st of February 1918 in Lismore, New South Wales, the son of Daniel and Margaret Morrison.
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Flight Sergeant Arthur Hedley Jenkins, No. 467 Squadron
Arthur Hedley Jenkins was born on 25 February 1924 in Ulmarra, near Grafton in New South Wales.
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Private Claude Anthony Skimmings, 55/53rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Claude Skimmings was born in 1919, the eldest child of seven children to Charles Andrew and Mary Eva Skimmings.
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A Mother and Her Seven Soldier Sons
In 2013, two remarkable badges were offered for donation.
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Sergeant Matthew Farrelly, 6th Battalion, AIF
Matthew “Ted” Farrelly was born in 1891, one of 13 children to Thomas and Julia Farrelly of Porepunkah in north-eastern Victoria.
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Gunner Edwin Henry Stanhope Sautelle, 4th Field Artillery Brigade
Fondly known as “Eddy”, Edwin Sautelle was born in 1897, the eldest son of Edwin Sautelle and his wife Lizzie, who was known as “Pearl”.
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Brothers in arms
Harold West and George Leonard were best mates who did everything together.
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Private John Henry Sharpe, 2/1st Guard Regiment
Erin Vink’s great-uncle John Henry Sharpe was a remarkable man.
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Behind Yininmadyemi
Erected by the City of Sydney in 2015, Yininmadyemi – Thou didst let fall, honours the bravery and sacrifice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have
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Ngarrindjeri Anzacs, Raukkan
More than 1,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people served their country in the First World War.
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The remarkable Lockyer brothers
When the Second World War broke out, five Aboriginal brothers from Western Australia enlisted but only three would come home.
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Matthias Ullungura, Bathurst Island
On 19 February 1942, Japanese forces launched their first attack on Australia with two air raids on Darwin.
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Private William Allan Irwin DCM, 33rd Battalion
William Allan Irwin was a remarkable man. A gun shearer, a crack shot, and a much loved son and brother, he went off to the war at the age of 37.
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Private Clark Davis Ivins, 2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion, Second AIF
Clark Ivins was born on 1 April 1919, the fourth of eight children of Joseph and May Ivins of Yandina, Queensland.
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Private Raymond Leslie Goldsmith, 3rd Battalion, AIF
Raymond “Ray” Goldsmith was born in 1894, the second son of Ernest and Eliza Goldsmith, a pioneering family that had been in the Wyong district, New South Wales, for several gen
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Private Ronald Phipps, 7th Australian Infantry Battalion
Ronald “Ron” Phipps was born on 17 November 1924 in Taroom, Central Queensland, the son of Walter and Rosanna Phipps.
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Lieutenant William Henry Dawkins, 2nd Field Company, AIF
William Dawkins was born on the 26th of October 1892 in Rochester, Victoria. He was the first of eight children born to Arthur and Eliza Dawkins, six of whom survived infancy.
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2281 Private Maurice Lewis Aarons, 16th Battalion, AIF
Maurice “Morrie” Aarons was born in 1886 to Lewis and Letitia Aarons of Melbourne. His family were involved in the Jewish community.
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Private Archie Graham Male, 2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion
Archie “Graham” Male was born on 29 August 1911 in Dorset, England, to Archie and Anna Flora Male.
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Flight Lieutenant Barrington Armitage Knyvett, No. 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
Barrington Knyvett was born on 30 November 1915 in the Sydney suburb of Manly, the son of Edmund and Edith Knyvett.
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Private William Keating, 14th Field Ambulance, AIF
“Will” Keating was born in 1890 to John and Ellen Cross near the town of Darnum, Victoria.
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Private George Humphrey Cowled, 36th Battalion, AIF
George Cowled was born in 1890 to Charles and Margaret Cowled of Illabo, New South Wales.
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Lance Corporal Harold Redlich, 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion, Second AIF
Known as “Red”, Harold Redlich was born on 2 September 1916, in Esk, Queensland, the son of Frederick and Maud Redlich, Latvian-born immigrants from Siberia who had arrived in A
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