The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An Italian anti-aircraft gun in Tobruk that was dispatched by a direct hit from Australian artillerymen. Identified: left to right: Corporal (Cpl) Noel Doyle wounded in Greece; Pte Don (or his brother George) McDermid, [Pte George McDermid was killed on Crete on 27 May 1941]; Pte Thomas McCosh; Pte George Mercer (wearing an Italian helmet); Cpl Tom 'Pop' Willoughby (killed on Crete on 27 May 1941); Pte Colin Fraser (killed on Crete on 27 May 1941); Pte Fred Symmons (killed on Crete on 23 May 1941); Pte 'Bobby' Towler (wearing a head scarf under his helmet); unidentified; Sgt Leo 'Gunner' Hanrahan; Pte J A K 'Sailor' Lang; Pte C T MacDonald (killed on Crete on 28 May 1941); unidentified; unidentified; Pte Charlie Brown (killed on Crete on 27 May 1941); L/Cpl A E 'Wick' Dowsett (killed on Crete on 27 May 1941); unidentified.
WA. Paybook photograph of WX1658 Private George Robertson Wood McDermid, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private McDermid, aged 27, died while defending the island of Crete against the German l
WA. Paybook photograph of WX1869 Lance Corporal Arthur Edward Dowsett, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Lance Corporal Dowsett, aged 24, died while defending the island of Crete against the Germ
Studio portrait of WX15303 Corporal (Cpl) James Arthur Merrick, 2/11 Battalion, of Port Hedland, WA. Cpl Merrick was a repairer of railways prior to enlisting on 23 July 1941. Between September 1941
WA. Paybook photograph of WX786 Corporal Thomas Richard Willoughby, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Corporal Willoughby, aged 34, died while defending the island of Crete against the German lan
'Digging in' on the border of Bresle Wood near Lavieville. The 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery, after a 24 hour march, established in the wood on the previous night, but were forced into the open fi
Group photograph of Australian soldiers waiting to embark at Darling Island, Pyrmont, New South Wales. Identified from left to right: Wearing helmet 264 is NX69500 Staff Sergeant John Alexander McDona
