Raglan St to RFC: Bill Taylor’s pilgrimage t …
Mendinghem Military Cemetery, 2012. Image: Wernervc — Wikimedia Commons In June 1917 2/Lt. P.G. Taylor received…
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Capt. J.M. Allport: ‘Aerial Reconnaissance o …
Allport was awarded the Military Cross and promoted to Captain. His citation for Conspicuous gallantry and…
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The high flying (and diving) Capt. Jack Allport.
Allport and RE8. Reproduced with permission from the Australian Society of WW1 Aero Historians ‘Shoreman’ becomes…
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HMAS Sydney’s flying firsts
Sydney’s 2-F1 Sopwith Camel (N6822) launching from platform. This photograph is probably of an aircraft that…
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Janis’ memory, dear to us.
Anzac, from Gaba Tepe (1919, oil-on-wood panel, 13.7 cm x 22 cm) by George Lambert (1873–1930).…
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Margaret Preston and the healing arts
Shell-shocked soldiers to whom Preston taught basket-weaving at the Seale-Hayne Neurological Military Hospital, Devonshire (UK). Preston…
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After Cocos: Sydney-Emden memorial unveiled!
‘Emden’s Last Battle’ by Claus Bergen [1885-1964].Source 1914: Two sides of the EMDEN–SYDNEY fight in Art…
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After Cocos: HMAS Sydney’s progress
Charles Bryant’s 1931 painting depicting the HMAS Sydney a the fight with Zeppelin L43 in the…
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‘NO’ again Billy
With recruitment falling in 1917, Hughes called for a 2nd plebiscite on conscription. This campaign was…