AUSTRALIANS More than 22 000 Australians were taken prisoner in the Asia-Pacific region in the early months of 1942. In …
2/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Western Australia’s 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion was raised at the end of 1940 as one of the support units for …
Harold David Martin
Ex Prisoner of War of the Japanese and survivor of the sinking of the “hellship” Rakuyō Maru, Harold David Martin …
Cranston Albury McEachern
Cranston Albury McEachern (1905-1983), army officer and solicitor, born September 9, 1905 at Dongara, Western Australia, Educated at Brisbane Grammar …
The sinking of the Vyner Brooke
Built in 1928, the SS Vyner Brooke was a British-registered cargo vessel of 1,670 tons. She was named after the …
AWARD OF MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA (OAM) TO EX-POW, THE LATE GORDON MAITLAND ROBERTS.
In the Queen’s Birthday Honors announced on June 13 2016, Gordon Maitland Roberts, a member of the 2/3rd Machine Gun …
Eddy Sorrell Story
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POW REMEMBERED The 2011 Quiet Lion Tour to Thailand for the Anzac Day Dawn Service at Hellfire Pass …
Stan Herron’s Shirt
Shirt Front Shirt back This Japanese issue unbleached calico undershirt belonged to POW NX48180 Private Stanley Herron. It was on …
Anzac Day and the Burma Siam Railway – Bill Haskell
Bill Haskell Ex WX3279 2/3RD Machine Gun Battalion. In Australia and New Zealand the 25th April is known as Anzac …