The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of F329/10 Leading Telegraphist Roy Woodroffe from Mosman Park, Western Australia. He enlisted on 2 September 1939 at the age of 29 having previously served in the Navy from 2 December 1929 until 1 July 1935 as a Telegraphist. The image shows him wearing the tally band of HMAS Olive Cam in which he had served from June to October 1941. While attached to HMAS Brisbane he was put ashore in July 1942 on Anir Island in the Bismarck Archipelago. He was captured shortly thereafter by the Japanese while working behind the lines for Australian Naval Intelligence. The Japanese executed him on 8 October 1942 and he was later buried in the Bita Paka War Cemetery, Bita Paka, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Studio portrait of 407006 Flying Officer (FO) Allan Leslie Norman, pilot of 20 Squadron RAAF. FO Norman came from South Australia and enlisted in the RAAF on 29 April 1940. While flying a mission in
Studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF). Capt Pockley was shot on Bita Paka Road
Studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF). Capt Pockley was shot on Bita Paka Road
Memoir relating to the First World War service of Bandsman Arthur Ross Bramwell Bollard, HMAS Australia. This memoir covers the period 30 July 1914 to 24 September 1914. It was written within a log bo
Kavieng, New Ireland. 1944-02-14. Bombing attack by RAAF aircraft in Japanese-held Kavieng in the Bismarck Archipelago. Smoke rises from burning installations along the shore.
Informal portrait of F/4341 Telegraphist (Tel) Richard Leo Barker from Claremont, Western Australia (1) and S/7789 Telegraphist William Joseph Storer from Marrickville, NSW (2) working in the main wir
