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Burial ceremony of Lieutenant Thomas Currie Derrick VC, DCM, 2/48th Battalion AIF, at 110th Clearing Station, Tarakan, Borneo. Lieutenant Derrick died on 23 May 1945 from wounds received in action on the precious day. The burial service was conducted by Dudley Williams
SX7964 Sergeant (later Lieutenant (Lt)) Thomas Currie Derrick, VC. DCM, 2/48th Infantry Battalion. Lt Derrick died of wounds received when attacking the Freda feature during the invasion of Tarakan Is
Sergeant Smith (left), 2/48th Battalion, putting the cross on the grave of SX7964 Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Currie 'Diver' Derrick, VC, DCM, in the 2/48 Battalion cemetery off the Anzac Highway. He is wa
Men of the 2/48th Battalion gather around the grave of Lieutenant (Lt) T.C. Derrick VC DCM as Chaplain A. W. Bryson, the Roman Catholic chaplain of the 2/48th Battalion, conducts the funeral service a
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth
Portrait of a soldier from the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion; SX7964 Sergeant Thomas Currie Derrick, VC, DCM, 2/48th Btn AIF who served in the North African campaign. Derrick was awarded the D
Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Currie Derrick, VC DCM (right) shakes hands with Lt Reginald Walter Saunders, as they congratulate each other following their successful graduation from the Officer's Cadet Trai
