Lucky 13: Dibbs at the front. By Bernard De Brogli …
‘Most Expensive Airman of the A.I.F.’ said popular tabloid Smith’s Weekly in 1923. Mosman pilot Eric…
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I would not change with the ground grubs for world …
Few of the first AIF had the chance to show their dash in front of a…
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Souveniring history: Lt. E.C. Banks and the Red Ba …
Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen was known by many names during the war: Le Diable Rouge, the…
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Who killed the Red Baron?: Dr Miller’s progn …
Dr Geoffrey M. Miller dropped into Barry O’Keefe Library on occasion. I enjoyed our chats. Dr…
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Pusher ace: Captain Lancelot Lytton Richardson. By …
An FE2b, a two-seater pusher biplane1. Friday the 13th dawned fine in Northern France in April…
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1919 Air Race. Ross Smith to HMAS Sydney: ‘V …
The image below captures a moment in time, exactly 100 years ago. A ship’s mast rises…
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Keith Anderson memorial. By Bernard De Broglio
On the blog we’ve looked at the main WWI memorials in Mosman but there’s another…
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Capt. Allport, MC: Air war over the Western Front
Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Allport’s citation for the Military Cross , published in the…
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Local resident Norman Ellison: A man behind the ir …
Returned with grotesque wounds to his thigh and his legislation. NORMAN HYMAN HIRCH ELLISON Eldest son…