Just found out that DS, West Oz RAAF Lanc man with 50 trips to his credit, died last week. Haven't found an obituary yet but will attempt to scan...
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-1Epi.html Interesting pieces including troopships, POWs, squadrons, desert ops, Pacific ops etc etc....
Another bit of old news but another who I didn't know was no longer with us:...
Old news (4+ years, May 2003) but stumbled across this and was intrigued: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1134358.ece...
http://www.awm.gov.au/images/remembering1942/vampire/awm78_351_1.pdf
http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/TheDeathofHMASArmidale.html Moving stuff. As well as HMAS Sheehan, our new patrol boats are the Armidale class.
In my in-laws neck of the woods. Might be something dropped if the pier was ever used for loading or the currents have deposited it there after many...
So what are these "spiders" that I keep seeing logged on as guests? Are they the tool used by search engines to gather references etc? I pity the...
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22538289-23109,00.html OFFICIALS are investigating claims that skeletal remains of World War II soldiers,...
Um, guys, we just ticked over 2,000 posts! :clapping:
Norman Binnall 89 years old from Burnham-on-Sea has been told he must leave his care home because he does not meet the government criteria for...
Sounds like a good title for a book, doesn't it? Mmmmm. This happened in 2005 but the site, which I've just found, is still active. Pretty cool....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/04/2051346.htm A World War II bomb has been dug up in a yard at St Albans in Melbourne's west. It...
AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES 1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage...
I got sent this by a cousin of mine. Don't know anything else about the truck other than it's a fine effort. Can't make out the number plate on the...
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22529310-23109,00.html NINETY years ago, Australian diggers Sergeant George Calder and Private John Hunter...
Never knew about this! Came across it after seeing reference to Sea Hurricanes operating from RN carrier involved in the Operation....
Very remiss of me! http://www.defence.gov.au/raaf/raafmuseum/research/aircraft/series2/A9.htm (Aussie build and use)...
I didn't know where else to post this: http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/
http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/ It's...it's...dammit!
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